1. Takes note of the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of a
Convention against Transnational Organized Crime,2 which carried out its work at
the headquarters of the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime
Prevention in Vienna, and commends the Ad Hoc Committee for its work;
2. Adopts the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized
Crime and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons,
Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention
against Transnational Organized Crime, and the Protocol against the Smuggling of
Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention
against Transnational Organized Crime annexed to the present resolution, and opens
them for signature at the High-level Political Signing Conference to be held in
Palermo, Italy, from 12 to 15 December 2000 in accordance with resolution 54/129;
3. Requests the Secretary-General to prepare a comprehensive report on the
High-level Political Signing Conference to be held in Palermo in accordance with
resolution 54/129;
4. Notes that the Ad Hoc Committee has not yet completed its work on the
draft Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their
Parts and Components and Ammunition, supplementing the United Nations
Convention against Transnational Organized Crime;
5. Requests the Ad Hoc Committee to continue its work in relation to this
draft Protocol, in accordance with resolutions 53/111, 53/114 and 54/126, and to
finalize such work as soon as possible;