Launch of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵOCT's Multi-Year-Appeal with Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵOCT Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov (right) and CTED Assistant Secretary-General Mich¨¨le Coninsx (left). Photo: Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Photo
¡°Today is the first time ever that the United Nations is presenting a single appeal for resources for Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ counter-terrorism efforts¡±
--Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Office of Counter-Terrorism Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov at the launch of the Appeal.
60 global, regional and national projects
The 2019-2020 Multi-Year Appeal is requesting $194 million for 60 global, regional and national projects, plus the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Capacity Building Implementation Plan for Countering the Flow of Foreign Terrorist Fighters covering the four pillars of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Global Counter Terrorism Strategy.
This appeal presents the first global picture of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ resource needs for counter-terrorism and prevention and countering of violent extremism assistance. These wide-ranging projects focus on border security management, Advance Passenger Information/Person Name Records, countering the financing of terrorism, law enforcement training, the connections between terrorism and organized crime, victims¡¯ support, human rights, engagement with civil society, and more.
Projects were submitted by Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Resident Coordinators, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDP, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵODC, OHCHR, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵESCO, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵICRI, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Women, IOM, and the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism.
Joint implementation
Projects also came from Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵOCT and other Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ agencies as implementing partners. Nearly half of the 60 projects will be jointly implemented by Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ agencies.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵOCT led a process to prepare this appeal as a step towards achieving one of the commitments of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact for ¡°the establishment of a joint resource mobilization and outreach mechanism with donors to support Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ counter-terrorism work¡±.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵOCT is mandated ¡°to improve the visibility, advocacy and resource mobilization for Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ counter-terrorism efforts¡±.