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Article 15.Brokers and brokeringA. Negotiation textsFirst session: 19-29 January 1999United States of America (A/AC.254/5/Add.1 and Corr.1)The United States proposed including a new article in the draft protocol, to readas follows:“[Article [...]“Registration and licensing of brokers“Any person, wherever located, who engages in the business of brokering activitieswith respect to the manufacture, export, import or transfer of any firearms isrequired to register with and receive approval from his or her country of nationality.]”Notes by the Secretariat1. The proposal for the addition of this article in the draft protocol was also supportedby South Africa (see A/AC.254/5/Add.5) and Turkey.Third session: 28 April-3 May 1999Notes by the Secretariat2. Delegations based their comments on the text of this article of the revised draftprotocol contained in document A/AC.254/4/Add.2/Rev.1, in which the provision on registrationand licensing of brokers was the same as that contained in documentA/AC.254/5/Add.1 and Corr.1.Rolling text (A/AC.254/4/Add.2/Rev.2)“[Article XVIII bis“Registration and licensing of brokers 1“Any person 2 [, wherever located,] 3 who engages in the business of brokeringactivities with respect to the manufacture, export, import or transfer of any firearms1France and Saudi Arabia were of the opinion that regulating licit brokers would not help control such illicit trafficking2South Africa noted that, generally, obligations should be addressed to States parties, not to individual citizens.3Deletion proposed by Nigeria, supported by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.699