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Part Four. Article 2 603Notes by the Secretariat1. The text of article 3 contained in document A/AC.254/4/Add.2/Rev.2remained virtually unchanged in the intermediate draft of the protocol contained indocument A/AC.254/4/Add.2/Rev.3. The only amendment was to place the word“explosives” and the words “other related materials” in option 2 of subparagraph (b)in square brackets, in order to ensure consistency with the wording in subparagraph(a) (see also footnote 8 above).2. The text of article 3 contained in document A/AC.254/4/Add.2/Rev.2 alsoremained virtually unchanged in the intermediate draft of the protocol contained indocument A/AC.254/4/Add.2/Rev.4. The only difference was the deletion of the word“explosives” throughout the article, following the decision of the Ad Hoc Committeeat its seventh session to remove references to explosives from the draft protocol afterhaving been informed of a legal opinion provided by the Office of Legal Affairs ofthe Secretariat regarding the interpretation of General Assembly resolution 54/127 of17 December 1999 (see A/AC.254/25, para. 22; see also note 2 by the Secretariatconcerning article 3 of the present protocol).Rolling text (A/AC.254/4/Add.2/Rev.5)Eighth session: 21 February-3 March 2000“Article 3“Purpose 11“The purpose of this Protocol is to promote, facilitate and strengthen cooperationamong States Parties in order to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit manufacturingof and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components 12 and ammunition.”Notes by the Secretariat3. At the eleventh session of the Ad Hoc Committee, there was general agreementthat the text of this article should be reformulated, for the sake of consistency with theother protocols, on the basis of a proposal by Mexico, which read as follows:“The purpose of this Protocol is to promote cooperation among States Parties toprevent, combat and eradicate the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms,their parts and components and ammunition.”11This was new text proposed by France and Italy at the informal consultations held during the eighth session of theAd Hoc Committee (see A/AC.254/L.172). A substantial majority of the delegations that took part in the discussion expressedsupport for the proposed text and the informal consultations decided to recommend that it should be adopted for the purposesof further discussion. Pakistan also supported the text, but proposed deleting the words “in order” and adding the words“with a view to fighting transnational organized crime” at the end of the sentence. This proposal was supported by only twoother delegations and the informal consultations did not recommend either that it should be placed in square brackets or thatit should be added to the text. The strong objections of Pakistan were noted for the record. China and Pakistan reserved theright to return to this provision in subsequent discussions.12The words “other related materials” were replaced by the words “parts and components” throughout the text of thedraft protocol, as agreed at the informal consultations held during the eighth session of the Ad Hoc Committee (seeA/AC.254/L.174, para. 4).