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{{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
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| 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             = 114
| depositor           = [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]]
| language            =
| languages           = Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish
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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]].<ref name = ratifications>[http://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XVIII-12-c&chapter=18&lang=en Signatures and ratifications].</ref>

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]].<ref name = ratifications/> 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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==External links==
*[http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/firearms-protocol/firearmsprotocol.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], un.org.

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