The Protocol Against the Illicit Manufacturing and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition (Firearms Protocol) is a

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on anti-

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including

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that is supplemental to the

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. It is one of the so-called

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. The Protocol was adopted by the

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as Resolution 55/255 on 31 May 2001; the treaty entered into force on 3 July 2005. It was signed by 52 parties and as of October 2022 it has 122 parties, including the

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.Signatures and ratifications
The states that have signed the protocol but have not yet ratified it are Australia,

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, China,

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, Japan,

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, and

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. In February 2022,

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(since February 2019) and

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(since October 2021) are the sole among the top six arms exporting countries to have ratified the protocol. The other four –

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, China, and

– have not.

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External links

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
at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) website
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols Thereto
official website, unodc.org
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Signatures and ratifications
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