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742 Travaux préparatoires: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized CrimeUnited Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime in Buenos Airesin August 1998,“1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Ad Hoc Committee onthe Elaboration of a Convention against Transnational Organized Crime submittingthe text of the draft United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crimeto the General Assembly for its consideration and action, and commends the Ad HocCommittee for its work;“2. Adopts the United Nations Convention against Transnational OrganizedCrime annexed to the present resolution, and opens it for signature at the high-levelpolitical signing conference, to be held in Palermo from 11 to 15 December 2000,in accordance with resolution 54/129;“3. Decides that, until the Conference of the Parties established pursuant tothe Convention decides otherwise, the account specifically designated for the purposeof receiving voluntary contributions from States parties to provide technical assistanceto developing countries and countries with economies in transition to assistthem in meeting their needs in relation to the implementation of the Convention willbe operated within the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Fund;“4. Requests the Secretary-General to designate the Centre for InternationalCrime Prevention of the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention of theSecretariat to serve as the secretariat for and at the direction of the Conference ofthe Parties established by the Convention;“5. Urges all States to sign and ratify the Convention as soon as possible inorder to ensure the speedy entry into force of the Convention;“6. Urges donor countries to begin making adequate voluntary contributionsto the account mentioned in paragraph 3 above for the provision of technical assistanceto developing countries and countries with economies in transition, which theymight require in preparation for the ratification of the Convention;“7. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Centre for InternationalCrime Prevention with the resources necessary to enable it to promote in an effectivemanner the expeditious entry into force of the Convention and to discharge thefunctions of secretariat of the Conference of the Parties.”Revised draft resolution submitted by the Chairman (A/AC.254/L.224/Rev.1)Notes by the Secretariat1. The original text of document A/AC.254/L.224/Rev.1 did not contain any footnotes.The footnotes contained in the present text have been inserted by the Secretariat inorder to reflect a more comprehensive account of the deliberations of the Ad HocCommittee on the Elaboration of a Convention against Transnational Organized Crime.“United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime“The General Assembly,