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Part Four. Deleted articles 735Rolling text (A/AC.254/4/Add.2/Rev.5)Eighth session: 21 February-3 March 2000“[Article 15 bis“Establishment of a focal point“In order to attain the objectives of this Protocol, the States Parties shall establisha focal point within [the Secretariat of the United Nations] responsible for:“(a) Promoting the exchange of information provided for under this Protocol;“(b) Facilitating the exchange of information on domestic legislation and administrativeprocedures of the States Parties, including relevant international instrumentsor agreements on matters related to this Protocol;“(c) Encouraging cooperation between national liaison authorities to detectsuspected illicit exports and imports of firearms, their parts and components andammunition;“(d) Promoting training and the exchange of knowledge and experiences amongStates Parties and technical assistance between States Parties and relevant internationalorganizations, as well as research on matters related to this Protocol;“(e) Requesting from States not Parties to this Protocol, when appropriate, informationon the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts andcomponents and ammunition;“(f) Promoting measures to facilitate the application of this Protocol;“(g) Establishing a mechanism to monitor compliance with Security Councilembargoes on arms transfers;“(h) Establishing a database for consultation among States Parties on the illicitmanufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition,including those seized, confiscated or forfeited;“(i) Disseminating information to the general public on matters related to thisProtocol;“(j) Coordinating international efforts, in particular among relevant internationalorganizations, to combat the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, theirparts and components and ammunition.]”Notes by the Secretariat15. At its eleventh session, the Ad Hoc Committee agreed that this article shouldbe deleted as it overlapped with article 32 of the convention and on the understanding thatthe provisions of the convention would apply mutatis mutandis to the protocol (seearticle 1 of the present protocol).