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626 Travaux préparatoires: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime“Option 2 5“This Protocol applies to all classes of firearm, including those which are commerciallytraded, and all classes of ammunition and related materials, but not to stateto-statetransactions or transfers for the purpose of national security.“Option 3 6“This Protocol applies to all classes of firearms, ammunition and other relatedmaterials, except that it does not apply to state-to-state transactions or to transactionsfor purposes of national security.“Option 4 7“This Protocol applies to all classes of illegally manufactured and traded firearms,ammunition and other related materials, as defined in article II of this Protocol.”Notes by the Secretariat1. At the fifth session of the Ad Hoc Committee, Belgium (seeA/AC.254/5/Add.10) and China (see A/AC.254/L.78) proposed new texts for this article,which are reproduced below.Belgium (A/AC.254/5/Add.10)Belgium proposed the addition of a new paragraph in draft article 4 (Scope), thewording of which was based on article 2, paragraph 19, of the InternationalConvention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings (General Assembly resolution52/164, annex), as follows:“The activities of armed forces during an armed conflict, as those terms areunderstood under international humanitarian law, which are governed by that law shallnot be governed by this Protocol.”China (A/AC.254/L.78)“Article IV“Scope“This Protocol applies to all classes of commercially traded and manufacturedfirearms, ammunition and other related materials but not to state-to-state transactionsor transfers for purposes of national security or to firearms manufactured exclusivelyto equip a State Party’s own army or security force.”5Alternative proposed by the United Kingdom (see A/AC.254/5/Add.1 and Corr.1).6Alternative proposed by the United States (see A/AC.254/5/Add.1 and Corr.1), supported by Croatia and Ecuador.7Alternative proposed by Colombia.