
CTED Executive Director Mich¨¨le Coninsx signs the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact (together with Head of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ OCT, Under-Secretary-General Voronkov).
On 1 February 2018, the United Nations Secretary-General and 36 Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ entities, including the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Office of Counter-Terrorism (Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµOCT), as well as INTERPOL and the World Customs Organization, agreed to a Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact. Adding transparency to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ¡¯s work in the area of counter-terrorism, the Compact will support the implementation of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, involve Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Country Teams in counter-terrorism activities, help share relevant capacity-building and coordination and coherence related information with the Compact¡¯s members, develop mutually reinforcing capacity-building projects, and establish a joint resource mobilization and outreach strategy with donors.
Of a non-binding nature, the Compact emphasizes evidence-based programming, the establishment of a mechanism for monitoring and evaluation of programmes, and an increased focus on capacity-building and technical assistance. The Compact specifically stresses Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Security Council resolution 2395 (2017), calling on Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµOCT, all other relevant Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ funds and programmes, Member States, donors as well as recipients, to make full use of CTED¡¯s expert assessments in technical assistance and capacity-building efforts. The Global Compact Coordination Committee will be chaired by the Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism. CTED will have a seat on the Coordination Committee.
Following a decision in a meeting of the Executive Committee, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Secretary-General Ant¨®nio Guterres signed the Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact on 23 February 2018. Heads of numerous United Nations entities present in New York, including Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of CTED Mich¨¨le Coninsx, will shortly add their signatures to the Compact.