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{{Short description|Treaty on anti-arms trafficking}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox treaty
| name                = 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
| long_name           =
| image               = Protocol Against the Illicit Manufacturing in Firearms parties.svg
| image_width         = 220px
| caption             = {{legend|#00aa00|Signed and ratified or acceded}}
{{legend|#eeee00|Only signed}}
{{legend|#c0c0c0|Non-party}}
| type                = [[Organized crime]]; [[international criminal law]]
| date_drafted        = 31 May 2001
| date_signed         = 11 July 2001<ref>[[Brazil]] and [[Mali]] were the first states to sign the Protocol.</ref>
| location_signed     = [[New York City|New York]], [[United States]]
| date_sealed         =
| date_effective      = 3 July 2005
| condition_effective = 40 ratifications
| date_expiration     =
| signatories         = 52
| parties             = 122
| depositor           = [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]]
| language            =
| languages           = Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish
| website             =
| wikisource          =
}}
The '''Protocol Against the Illicit Manufacturing and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition''' (Firearms Protocol) is a [[treaty]] on anti-[[arms trafficking]] including [[Small Arms and Light Weapons]] that is supplemental to the [[Convention against Transnational Organized Crime]]. It is one of the so-called [[Palermo protocols]].
The Protocol was adopted by the [[United Nations General Assembly]] 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 [[European Union]].<ref name = ratifications>[https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XVIII-12-c&chapter=18&clang=_en Signatures and ratifications].</ref>
The states that have signed the protocol but have not yet ratified it are [[Australia]], [[Canada]], [[China]], [[Iceland]], [[Japan]], [[Monaco]], [[Seychelles]], and [[United Kingdom]].<ref name = ratifications/> As February 2022, among the top six arms exporting countries, only [[France]] (since February 2019) and [[Germany]] (since October 2021) have ratified the protocol. The other four—[[United States]], [[Russia]], [[China]], and [[United Kingdom]]—have not.
==Notes==
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==External links==
*[https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/firearms-protocol/the-firearms-protocol.html 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
*[http://www.unodc.org/unodc/treaties/CTOC/ United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols Thereto], official website, unodc.org
*[http://treaties.un.org/doc/source/RecentTexts/18-12_c_E.pdf Text], un.org.
*[http://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XVIII-12-c&chapter=18&lang=en Signatures and ratifications] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125084032/https://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XVIII-12-c&chapter=18&lang=en |date=25 January 2021 }}, un.org.
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