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630 Travaux préparatoires: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized CrimeB. Approved text adopted by the General Assembly(see resolution 55/255, annex)Article 4Scope of application1. This Protocol shall apply, except as otherwise stated herein, to the preventionof illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and componentsand ammunition and to the investigation and prosecution of offencesestablished in accordance with article 5 of this Protocol where those offences aretransnational in nature and involve an organized criminal group.2. This Protocol shall not apply to state-to-state transactions or to statetransfers in cases where the application of the Protocol would prejudice the rightof a State Party to take action in the interest of national security consistent withthe Charter of the United Nations.C. Interpretative noteThe interpretative note on article 4 of the protocol approved by the Ad HocCommittee and contained in its report on the work of its twelfth session (seeA/55/383/Add.3, para. 4 ) is as follows:Paragraph 2The words “state-to-state transactions” refer only to transactions by Statesin a sovereign capacity.