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Article 14.Training and technical assistanceA. Negotiation textsCanada (A/AC.254/4/Add.2)First session: 19-29 January 1999“Article XVIII“Technical assistance 1“States Parties shall cooperate with each other and with relevant internationalorganizations, as appropriate, so that States Parties may receive, upon request, thetechnical assistance necessary to enhance their ability to prevent, combat and eradicatethe illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, ammunition and otherrelated materials, including technical assistance in those matters identified in article18 of the Convention.”Rolling text (A/AC.254/4/Add.2/Rev.1)Third session: 28 April-3 May 1999“Article XVIII“Technical assistance 2“States Parties shall cooperate with each other and with relevant internationalorganizations, as appropriate, so that States Parties may receive, upon request, thetechnical assistance necessary to enhance their ability to prevent, combat and eradicatethe illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, ammunition [, explosives] 3and other related materials, including technical assistance in those matters identifiedin article 18 of the Convention.”Notes by the Secretariat1. The version of article 18 contained in document A/AC.254/4/Add.2/Rev.1remained virtually unchanged in the intermediate drafts of the protocol(A/AC.254/4/Add.2/Revs.2-4). The only difference in the text contained in document1It was considered that the final form of this provision would need to take into account the corresponding article(s)in the convention.2Japan suggested that this article should appear as paragraph 3 of article XVI of the protocol (see A/AC.254/5/Add.1and Corr.1). That suggestion was supported by the Netherlands.3Addition proposed by Mexico (see A/AC.254/5/Add.1 and Corr.1).695