Bis zum 14. August 2001 hatten 126 Staaten das Übereinkommen unterzeichnet, das in Kraft treten wird, sobald es von 40 Staaten ratifiziert wurde. Dies wird für Ende 2002 erwartet.
The General Assembly recently adopted the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime8 and its Protocols to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children,9 against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air,10 and against Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms.11 As of 14 August 2001, there are 126 signatories to the Convention, which will enter into force once it has been ratified by 40 States, which is expected to happen by the end of 2002.