Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms

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Template:Infobox treaty 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 November 2015 it has 114 parties, including 113 states and the European Union.[1]

The states that have signed the protocol but have not yet ratified it are Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Iceland, Japan, Luxembourg, Monaco, Seychelles, and United Kingdom.[1] Three of the top four arms manufacturers in the world—the United States, Russia, and France—did not sign the protocol.

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