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Article 13.CooperationA. Negotiation textsCanada (A/AC.254/4/Add.2)First session: 19-29 January 1999“Article XV“Cooperation“1. States Parties shall cooperate at the bilateral, regional and international levelsto prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking infirearms, ammunition and other related materials.“2. States Parties shall identify a national body or a single point of contact toact as liaison between States Parties on matters relating to this Protocol.”Rolling text (A/AC.254/4/Add.2/Rev.1)Third session: 28 April-3 May 1999“Article XV“Cooperation“1. States Parties shall cooperate at the bilateral, regional and international levelsto prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking infirearms, ammunition[, explosives] 1 and other related materials.“2. Each State Party shall identify a national body or a single point of contact2 to act as liaison between it and other States Parties [and between it and theInternational Criminal Police Organization] 3 [on matters relating to this Protocol]. 41Addition proposed by Mexico (see A/AC.254/5/Add.1 and Corr.1).2Japan noted that designation of “a single point of contact” should allow the exchange of information already establishedamong the existing authorities (see A/AC.254/5/Add.1 and Corr.1).3Addition proposed by Colombia.4Mexico proposed to replace this language with the phrase “for the purposes of cooperation and information exchange”(see A/AC.254/5/Add.1 and Corr.1).691