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Part Four. Article 11 679“(a) To ensure the security of firearms, their parts and components and ammunitionat the time of manufacture, 10 import, export and transit through their respectiveterritories; and“Option 1“(b)To strengthen controls of their borders, especially at export points.“Option 2“(b) To increase the effectiveness of [import and] 11 export controls, including,where appropriate, border controls. 8“Option 3“(b)To strengthen police [law enforcement] 12 and customs transborder cooperation.”13 Eleventh session: 2-28 October 2000Notes by the Secretariat4. Delegations based their comments on the text of this article of the revised draftprotocol contained in document A/AC.254/4/Add.2/Rev.5, which was the same as that containedin document A/AC.254/4/Add.2/Rev.4.Japan (A/AC.254/L.259)Japan proposed to amend article 12 to read as follows:“States Parties, in an effort to detect, prevent and eliminate the theft, loss ordiversion of, as well as the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in, firearms, theirparts and components and ammunition, shall adopt the appropriate measures:“(a) ...“(b) To increase the effectiveness of import, export and transit controls, including,where appropriate, border controls, and police and customs transborder cooperation.”Rolling text (A/AC.254/4/Add.2/Rev.6)“Article 12“Security and preventive measures“In an effort to detect, prevent and eliminate the theft, loss or diversion of, aswell as the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in, firearms, their parts andcomponents and ammunition, each State Party shall take appropriate measures:10At the seventh session of the Ad Hoc Committee, Australia expressed some concern about the inclusion of the word“manufacture” in this provision.11Proposal of Italy at the seventh session of the Ad Hoc Committee.12Proposal of Turkey at the seventh session of the Ad Hoc Committee.13Proposal of France at the seventh session of the Ad Hoc Committee.