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Part Four. Preamble 593“Considering the urgent need for all States, especially States that produce, exportand import arms, to take the necessary measures to prevent, combat and eradicate theillicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components andammunition,” 16“Recalling General Assembly resolution 53/111 of 9 December 1998, in whichthe Assembly decided to establish an open-ended intergovernmental ad hoc committeefor the purpose of elaborating a comprehensive international convention againsttransnational organized crime and of discussing the elaboration of, inter alia, an internationalinstrument combating the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms,their parts and components and ammunition,“Convinced that supplementing the United Nations Convention againstTransnational Organized Crime with an international instrument against the illicitmanufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunitionwill be useful in preventing and combating those crimes,“Have agreed as follows:”Rolling text (A/AC.254/L.281)Amendments to the proposals made by the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committeeon the Elaboration of a Convention against Transnational Organized Crime at itseleventh sessionThe Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee proposed that the existing text of thepreamble should be replaced with the following:“The States Parties to the present Protocol,“Aware of the urgent need to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit manufacturingof and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, owingto the harmful effects of those activities on the security of each State, region and theworld as a whole, endangering the well-being of peoples, their social and economicdevelopment and their right to live in peace, as well as the destabilizing effects closelylinked to other transnational criminal activities, the high levels of crime and violencein many cities and communities and the incidence of inter-state conflict,“Convinced that combating the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms,their parts and components and ammunition requires international cooperation, theexchange of information and other appropriate measures at the national, regional andglobal levels,“Recalling General Assembly resolution 53/111 of 9 December 1998, in whichthe Assembly decided to establish an open-ended intergovernmental ad hoc committeefor the purpose of elaborating a comprehensive international convention againsttransnational organized crime and of discussing the elaboration of, inter alia, an internationalinstrument combating the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms,their parts and components and ammunition,16Addition proposed by Egypt during the preliminary informal discussion of the proposal.