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Part Four. Preamble 589Notes by the Secretariat1. Following the discussion by the Ad Hoc Committee at its fifth session, the titleof the draft protocol was revised to correspond to the wording of Economic and SocialCouncil resolution 1998/18 of 28 July 1998 and General Assembly resolutions 53/111 and53/114, both of 9 December 1998, and therefore read as follows: “Revised draft Protocolagainst the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts andComponents and Ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention againstTransnational Organized Crime”.Rolling text (A/AC.254/4/Add.2/Rev.4)Seventh session: 17-28 January 2000“Revised draft Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking inFirearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition, supplementing theUnited Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime“The States Parties to the present Protocol,“Option 1“(a) Bearing in mind that freedom from the fear of crime is fundamental tointernational cooperation and to the sustainable development of States and that internationalillicit trafficking in and criminal misuse of firearms have a harmful effecton the security of each State and endanger the well-being of peoples and their socialand economic development,“Option 2“(a) Aware of the urgent need to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit manufacturingof and trafficking in firearms, [their parts and components and] ammunition,[and other related materials,] owing to the harmful effects of those activities onthe security of each State and the region as a whole, endangering the well-being ofpeoples, their social and economic development and their right to live in peace,“Option 1“(b) Concerned by the [increase], at the international level, in the illicit manufacturingof and trafficking in firearms, ammunition and other related materials andby the serious problems resulting therefrom,“Option 2“(b) Concerned that a sizeable portion of all transfers of firearms and ammunitionis illicit, having destabilizing effects closely linked to other transnational criminalactivities, the high levels of crime and violence in many cities and communitiesand the incidence of interstate conflict, and that the illicit manufacturing of andtrafficking in firearms, ammunition and other related materials constitute seriousobstacles to the culture of peace and to meaningful development cooperation,