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Part Four. Article 4 629Party to take action in the interest of national security consistent with the Charter ofthe United Nations.”6. At its twelfth session, the Ad Hoc Committee considered, finalized and approvedarticle 4 of the draft protocol, as amended on the basis of the recommendations of theinformal working group (in respect of paragraph 1) and the proposal made by the Chairman(in respect of paragraph 2). The last amendments are reflected in the final text of the protocol,as included in the report of the Ad Hoc Committee (A/55/383/Add.2, sect. III, draftresolution, annex), that was submitted to the General Assembly for adoption pursuant toresolutions 54/126 of 17 December 1999 and 55/25 of 15 November 2000.7. The representatives of Chile and Mexico requested that the report of the Ad HocCommittee on its twelfth session should indicate that their Governments had not participatedin the decision of the Ad Hoc Committee on article 4, paragraph 2, of the draft protocol,but had not stood in the way of consensus. The representative of Colombia requestedthat the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on its twelfth session should reflect hisGovernment’s position on article 4, paragraph 2, of the draft protocol, namely, that it considereditself not to be bound by the decision of the Ad Hoc Committee on that provision.The representatives of Benin and Nigeria requested that the report of the Ad Hoc Committeeon its twelfth session should indicate their reservations on article 4, paragraph 2, of thedraft protocol, because of the exclusion of state-to-state transactions and state transfers.The representative of Ukraine requested that the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on itstwelfth session should reflect his view that the words “state-to-state transactions” and “statetransfers” were included in article 4, paragraph 2, on the understanding that they includedstate-to-state transactions involving firearms and State transfers of firearms effected onthe basis of relevant agreements concluded between the Governments of the States concernedor on behalf of those Governments by virtue of powers conferred by them. Therepresentative of Azerbaijan requested that the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on itstwelfth session should indicate that his Government had reserved its right to make reservationsregarding article 4, paragraph 2, of the draft protocol. The representative of theSyrian Arab Republic requested that the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on its twelfthsession should reflect his Government’s reservations regarding article 4 of the draft protocol.The representative of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya requested that the report of theAd Hoc Committee on its twelfth session should reflect his Government’s reservationsregarding the retention of article 4, paragraph 2 of the draft protocol. The representativeof China requested that the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on its twelfth session shouldindicate his Government’s reservation on article 4 of the draft protocol, namely, that theprotocol should not apply to state-to-state transactions. The representative of India requestedthat the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on its twelfth session should reflect hisGovernment’s position on article 4, paragraph 2. In the view of that representative, theexclusions foreseen in that paragraph would be viewed only in narrow, precisely definedterms. His Government would enter a reservation to that effect at the time of signature ofthe protocol.