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Part Four. Deleted articles 731Rolling text (A/AC.254/4/Add.2/Rev.1)Third session: 28 April-3 May 1999“Article XVI“Exchange of experiences and training 7“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 proved to be effective inefforts to implement this Protocol.“2. States Parties shall cooperate with each other and with [the InternationalCriminal Police Organization, as well as other] 8 competent international organizations,as appropriate, to ensure that there is adequate training of personnel in their territoriesto prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit manufacturing of and traffickingin firearms, ammunition [, explosives] 9 and other related materials. The subjectscovered in such training shall include, inter alia:“(a) Identification and tracing of firearms, ammunition [, explosives] 9 and otherrelated materials;“(b) Gathering of intelligence, especially concerning the identification of personsengaged in the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, ammunition[, explosives] 9 and other related materials, the methods of shipment used and themeans of concealment used; 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[, explosives] 9 and other related materials.”Notes by the Secretariat9. The version of this article 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 documentA/AC.254/4/Add.2/Rev.4 was the deletion of the word “explosives” throughout the article,following the decision of the Ad Hoc Committee at its seventh session to remove referencesto explosives from the draft protocol after having been informed of a legal opinionprovided by the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat regarding the interpretation ofGeneral Assembly resolution 54/127 of 17 December 1999 (see A/AC.254/25, para. 22;see also note 2 by the Secretariat concerning article 3 of the present protocol).10. At the seventh session of the Ad Hoc Committee, some delegations expressedthe view that this article should be kept in the draft protocol despite there being an identicalprovision in the draft convention.7Although the convention was likely to include a general provision on exchange of experience and training, it wasconsidered that it would be useful to include a provision dealing with those issues in this protocol. The final form of thisprovision would need to take into account the corresponding article(s) in the convention.8Addition proposed by Colombia.9Addition proposed by Mexico (see A/AC.254/5/Add.1 and Corr.1).