23. 专家组还审议了国际法的作用，并建议在适当情况下批准、实施和适用有关爆炸物和跨国有组织犯罪的现有国际文书。专家组审议了是否应建议拟订一项具体处理非法制造和贩运爆炸物的国际文书问题。会上表达了各种不同的看法，专家组未能就需要一项国际文书的建议达成一致。但根据专家的评估和研究结果，总体上一致认为，如果联合国决定拟订一项国际文书，该文书不应以任何方式将其适用范围限制在包括或排除任何特定形式的犯罪，包括恐怖主义的范围内。专家组因此认为，任何此种文书应独立于而不是从属于《联合国打击跨国有组织犯罪公约》。
23. The Group of Experts also considered the role of international law, and recommended that existing international instruments relating to explosives and transnational organized crime be ratified, implemented and applied in appropriate cases. It considered the question whether an international instrument dealing specifically with the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in explosives should be recommended. A range of views was expressed and the Group did not agree on any recommendation regarding the desira-bility of an international instrument. Based on the assessment of experts and the results of the study, however, there was general agreement that, should the United Nations decide to proceed with the develop-ment of an international instrument, such an instrument should not be restricted in the scope of its application in any way that would include or exclude any particular form of crime, including terrorism. The Group therefore was of the view that any such instrument should be independent of, rather than subordinate to, the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime.