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730 Travaux préparatoires: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized CrimeNotes by the Secretariat8. At the fifth session of the Ad Hoc Committee, Japan proposed that article VIshould be amended to read as follows (see A/AC.254/L.94):“Each State Party shall adopt such measures as may be necessary to establishits jurisdiction over the offences established in article V of this Protocol. Article 9of the Convention shall apply mutatis mutandis to the offences established pursuantto this Protocol”.9. At the eleventh session of the Ad Hoc Committee, it was agreed that this articleshould be deleted in view of the mutatis mutandis application of the corresponding provisionof the convention (article 15).Exchange of experiences and trainingNegotiation textsFirst session: 19-29 January 1999Canada (A/AC.254/4/Add.2)“Article XVI“Exchange of experiences and training“1. States Parties shall cooperate in formulating programmes for the exchangeof experiences and training among competent officials and shall provide each otherassistance to facilitate access to equipment or technology proven to be effective inefforts to implement this Protocol.“2. States Parties shall cooperate with each other and with competent internationalorganizations, as appropriate, to ensure that there is adequate training of personnelin their territories to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit manufacturingof and trafficking in firearms, ammunition and other related materials. The subjectscovered in such training shall include, inter alia:“(a)materials;Identification and tracing of firearms, ammunition and other related“(b) Gathering of intelligence, especially concerning the identification of personsengaged in the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, ammunitionand other related materials, the methods of shipment used and the means of concealmentused; and“(c) Improvement of the efficiency of personnel responsible for searching forand detecting, at conventional and non-conventional points of entry and exit, illicitlytrafficked firearms, ammunition and other related materials.”