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666 Travaux préparatoires: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized CrimeThird session: 28 April-3 May 1999Rolling text (A/AC.254/4/Add.2/Rev.1)“Article XI“General requirements for export, import and transitlicensing or authorization systems 1“1. States Parties shall establish or maintain an effective system of export,import and international transit licensing or authorization for the transfer of firearms,ammunition[, explosives] 2 and other related materials.“Option 1“2. States Parties shall not permit the transit 3 of firearms, ammunition[, explosives]2 and other related materials until the receiving State Parties issue the correspondinglicences or authorizations.“Option 2 4“2. State Parties, before issuing export licences or authorizations for the shipmentof firearms, ammunition and other related materials for export, shall verify thatthe importing and transit States have issued licences or authorizations. Each export,import and in-transit licence or authorization shall contain the same information,which at a minimum shall identify the country and date of issuance, the date of expiration,the country of export, the country of import, the final recipient and the descriptionand quantity of the article.“Option 1“3. States Parties, before releasing shipments of firearms, ammunition[, explosives]2 and other related materials for export, shall ensure that the importing and transitStates have issued the necessary licences or authorizations.“Option 2 4“3. States Parties, before issuing in-transit licences or authorizations and permittingthe transit of firearms, ammunition and other related materials, shall verifythat the receiving States Parties have issued the corresponding import licences orauthorizations.1Japan suggested that recognition should also be imposed in the case of import from, export to and transit throughnon-States parties, with a view to reducing detour exports (see A/AC.254/5/Add.1 and Corr.1).2Addition proposed by Mexico (see A/AC.254/5/Add.1 and Corr.1).3Japan noted that “transit” should be clearly defined, since it would not be appropriate to impose obligations on aState party in the following cases: aircraft merely flying over the territory of the State party; a ship making innocent passagethrough territorial waters; aircraft in transit through an airport of the State party; or a ship in transit through the seaportof the State party. Japan also suggested that, in setting up structures based on this paragraph, full consideration shouldbe given to the protection of privacy and a civil servant’s obligation to preserve secrets, as provided for in related domesticlaw (see A/AC.254/5/Add.1 and Corr.1).4Alternative proposed by the United States (see A/AC.254/5/Add.1 and Corr.1) and supported by South Africa (seeA/AC.254/5/Add.5).