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On 22 April 2024, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, Vladimir Voronkov, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵOWAS) Leonardo Santos¡­

Members of terrorist and transnational organized crime groups, as well as foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) continue to exploit porous and uncontrolled borders, undermining Member States efforts to counter terrorism. A multilateral and coordinated approach to BSM is key in addressing the myriad of¡­

A three-day ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Workshop on Strengthening legal frameworks to combat Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) terrorism took place from 16 to 18 April 2024, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The workshop aimed at strengthening the capacities of the ARF participants to¡­

On 11 April 2024, the EU-Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Global Terrorism Threats Facility, a joint initiative of the European Union and the United Nations implemented by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵOCT), conducted a counter-terrorism tabletop exercise (TTX) in Kampala to help reinforce coordination and¡­

The International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, celebrated annually on 6 April, recognizes the positive influence of sport in promoting peace, fostering development, and building community cohesion. The global theme for the 2024 commemoration is Sport for the Promotion of Peaceful and¡­

From 1-4 April, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵOCT completed the first phase of its CT TECH capacity-building with a workshop in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina. The event rounds off a series of 5 national capacity-building workshops conducted by the Office over the past four months in Trinidad and Tobago, Kenya, the Philippines¡­

On 27 - 28 March 2024, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵOCT and the Counter-Terrorism Preparedness Network (CTPN) in partnership with the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) organized a two-day table-top exercise in Vienna focused on a terrorist cyber-attack against critical infrastructure using generative Artificial¡­

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Counter-Terrorism Centre (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCCT) of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵOCT) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵODC) convened a training course on ¡°Operational measures to address terrorism-arms-crime nexus¡± on 12-15 March 2024 in Astana. The event¡­

Our Commitment to Gender Equality Achieving gender equality remains integral to the viability and success of countering terrorism around the world. The full, equal, meaningful, and safe participation of women is therefore essential to countering terrorism and preventing violent extremism (CT/PCVE)¡­

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ of Counter-Terrorism (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵOCT) and Iraq¡¯s Office of the National Security Advisor (ONSA) co-organized a workshop on ¡°Monitoring and Reporting on Human Rights in Counter-Terrorism¡± from 5 to 7 March 2024, in Bagdad. The workshop brought together Iraqi and international experts to¡­

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵOCT¡¯s e-learning platform ¡° Connect & Learn¡± was recognized as the Learning Platform of the Year at the 2024 Learning Awards. The awards are presented annually by the Learning and Performance Institute in the United Kingdom and consideredas ¡°the highest accolade in workplace learning and¡­

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Counter-Terrorism Centre (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCCT) of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵOCT), held a three-day regional workshop for the Sahel in Rabat, Morocco from 27 to 29 February 2024. Organized within the framework of the project on ¡°Building capacity to eliminate the supply¡­