As of July 29, 2005, the U.N. Secretariat had received responses to the survey from 56 states, with 37 being parties to the protocol, 13 being signatories, and 6 being nonsignatories. As of this date, the protocol had received 117 signatures and 87 ratifications, which means that 43 percent of states parties had responded to the questionnaire. The questionnaire focused on the progress states had made in enacting national legislation and measures that reflect provisions of the protocol. This report addresses the states' implementation of the definition and criminalization requirements of the protocol. Such implementation involves the definition and criminalization of trafficking in persons at the national level; the distinction between trafficking in persons and the smuggling of migrants; the criminalization of individual offenses linked to trafficking in persons; the criminalization of attempts to commit the offense of trafficking in persons; the criminalization of participation as an accomplice in trafficking in persons; and the criminalization of organizing or directing other persons to commit the offense of trafficking in persons. This report also briefly mentions some difficulties states have encountered in implementing the protocol and the assistance they require. The report concludes with an outline of the technical assistance that has been provided to countries that are attempting to implement the protocol. 26 notes