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Part Four. Article 13 693Rolling text (A/AC.254/4/Add.2/Rev.6)Eleventh session: 2-28 October 2000“Article 15“Cooperation“1. States Parties shall cooperate at the bilateral, regional and international levelsto prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking infirearms, their parts and components and ammunition.“2. Without prejudice to article 18, paragraph 13, of the Convention, each StateParty shall identify a national body or a single point of contact to act as liaisonbetween it and other States Parties on matters relating to this Protocol.“3. States Parties shall seek the support and cooperation of manufacturers, dealers,importers, exporters, brokers and commercial carriers of firearms, their parts andcomponents and ammunition to prevent and detect the illicit activities referred to inparagraph 1 of this article.”Notes by the Secretariat3. At its eleventh session, the Ad Hoc Committee considered and finalized article15 of the draft protocol without further amendment. It was placed together with articles 8to 12 and 14 of the draft protocol into one chapter entitled “Prevention”, on the basis ofthe proposals of the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee (see A/AC.254/4/Add.2/Rev.6,annex, para. 1). The article was approved at the twelfth session of the Ad Hoc Committee(see the final text of the protocol, as included in the report of the Ad Hoc Committee(A/55/383/Add.2, sect. III, draft resolution, annex), that was submitted to the GeneralAssembly for adoption pursuant to resolutions 54/126 of 17 December 1999 and 55/25 of15 November 2000).B. Approved text adopted by the General Assembly(see resolution 55/255, annex)Article 13Cooperation1. States Parties shall cooperate at the bilateral, regional and internationallevels to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit manufacturing of and traffickingin firearms, their parts and components and ammunition.2. Without prejudice to article 18, paragraph 13, of the Convention, eachState Party shall identify a national body or a single point of contact to act asliaison between it and other States Parties on matters relating to this Protocol.3. States Parties shall seek the support and cooperation of manufacturers,dealers, importers, exporters, brokers and commercial carriers of firearms,their parts and components and ammunition to prevent and detect the illicit activitiesreferred to in paragraph 1 of this article.