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574 Travaux préparatoires: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crimenegotiation. Only necessary editorial changes were made to the text. For issues related tothis provision, see article 41 of the convention in part one and article 20 of the traffickingin persons protocol in part two.3. At its eleventh session, the Ad Hoc Committee considered, finalized and approvedarticle 22 without further amendment. (See the final text of the protocol, as included inthe report of the Ad Hoc Committee (A/55/383, sect. IV, draft resolution, annex III), thatwas submitted to the General Assembly for adoption pursuant to resolution 54/126 of 17December 1999.)B. Approved text adopted by the General Assembly(see resolution 55/25, annex III)Article 25Depositary and languages1. The Secretary-General of the United Nations is designated depositaryof this Protocol.2. The original of this Protocol, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English,French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited withthe Secretary-General of the United Nations.IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned plenipotentiaries, being dulyauthorized thereto by their respective Governments, have signed this Protocol.