UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime

House of Lords written question – answered at on 10 January 2012.

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Photo of Lord Moonie Lord Moonie Labour

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to ratify the 2001 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, which they signed on 6 May 2002.

Photo of Lord Henley Lord Henley The Minister of State, Home Department

The European Commission was responsible for negotiating a number of the main articles in the firearms protocol and will be looking to ratify these once they are enshrined in European law. The Commission has already amended the European weapons directive to reflect most of the changes required by the protocol and has also been working to incorporate into EU law the relevant provisions of Article 10 on general requirements for export, import and transit licensing.

The Government will look to ratify the protocol once all these changes have been transposed into UK legislation.

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