A/RES/54/126 Page 3 6. Requests the Ad Hoc Committee to schedule sufficient time, subject to the availability of funds from the regular budget or extrabudgetary resources, for the negotiation of the draft protocols addressing trafficking in persons, especially women and children, the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, and smuggling of migrants by land, air and sea, in order to enhance the possibility of their completion at the same time as the draft Convention; 7. Welcomes the offer of the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences to host informal meetings as deemed appropriate to assist the work of the Ad Hoc Committee; 8. Encourages Member States to convene informal regional or interregional meetings to assist the work of the Ad Hoc Committee; 9. Welcomes the offer of the Government of Japan to host an international seminar on the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms; 10. Decides that the Ad Hoc Committee shall submit the final text of the Convention and the protocols thereto to the General Assembly for early adoption prior to a high-level signing conference; 11. Notes with appreciation the offer by the Government of Italy to host a high-level political signing conference at Palermo; 12. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Ad Hoc Committee with the required facilities and resources to support its work; 13. Invites donor countries to cooperate with developing countries to ensure their full participation in the ongoing negotiating process and in the implementation of the Convention through appropriate means of technical assistance; 14. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide to Member States, upon request, technical cooperation, advisory services and other forms of assistance in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice, including in the area of prevention and control of transnational organized crime; 15. Requests the Ad Hoc Committee to submit a report to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at its ninth session on the progress achieved in its work. 83rd plenary meeting 17 December 1999