UNCTOC (Syllabus: GS Paper 2 – IR)
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5th October 2023
Context: Recently, the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs participated in the two-day UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime Ministerial Conference at Palermo in Italy.
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UNCTOC)
- Adopted by the UN General Assembly: 15 November 2000, by resolution 55/25.
- Entry into force: 29 September 2003.
- Signatories: 147.
- India has been a member of UNTOC and a signatory to its protocols since the year 2011.
- Parties: 191.
- Complemented by three Protocols:
o The Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children.
o The Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air.
o The Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, their Parts and Components, and Ammunition.
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