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722 Travaux préparatoires: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized CrimeNotes by the Secretariat3. The text of article 23 is identical to the text of the corresponding provision of thedraft convention and is reproduced in accordance with a decision made by the Ad HocCommittee at its sixth session and without prejudice to its content, which was still undernegotiation. Only necessary editorial changes have been made to the text. For issues relatedto this provision, see article 40 of the convention in part one, article 19 of the traffickingin persons protocol in part two and article 24 of the migrants protocol in part three.4. The version of article 23 contained in document A/AC.254/4/Add.2/Rev.3remained unchanged in the intermediate drafts of the protocol (A/AC.254/4/Add.2/Revs.4and 5).Rolling text (A/AC.254/4/Add.2/Rev.6)Eleventh session: 2-28 October 2000“Article 23“Denunciation“1. A State Party may denounce this Protocol by written notification to theSecretary General of the United Nations. Such denunciation shall become effectiveone year after the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary General.“2. A regional economic integration organization shall cease to be a Party tothis Protocol when all of its member States have denounced it.”Notes by the Secretariat5. The Ad Hoc Committee considered article 23 of the draft protocol at its eleventhsession. The article was finalized without further amendment and approved by the Ad HocCommittee at its twelfth session (see the final text of the protocol, as included in the reportof the Ad Hoc Committee (A/55/383/Add.2, sect. III, draft resolution, annex), that wassubmitted to the General Assembly for adoption pursuant to resolutions 54/126 of 17December 1999 and 55/25 of 15 November 2000).B. Approved text adopted by the General Assembly(see resolution 55/255, annex)Article 20Denunciation1. A State Party may denounce this Protocol by written notification tothe Secretary-General of the United Nations. Such denunciation shall becomeeffective one year after the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary-General.2. A regional economic integration organization shall cease to be a Partyto this Protocol when all of its member States have denounced it.