Third High-Level Conference

Third United Nations High-Level Conference of Heads of Counter-Terrorism Agencies of Member States

The Secretary-General will convene the Third United Nations High-Level Conference of Heads of Counter-Terrorism Agencies of Member States from Monday 19 to Tuesday 20 June 2023 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York under the overarching theme of  “Addressing Terrorism through Reinvigorated Multilateralism and Institutional Cooperation.”

The Conference will provide a platform for Member States, United Nations entities, international and regional organizations, civil society, academia and the private sector to exchange information, experiences, and good practices, as well as to explore further cooperation under the following thematic sessions:

• Multistakeholder engagement in counter-terrorism while ensuring compliance with human rights and rule of law;
• Building effective and resilient Member State institutions in the evolving global terrorism landscape;
• The global threat landscape: Assessment of current and emerging trends (Open to Member States only); and
• Strengthening capacity building programmes – Making them fit for purpose to meet resilience gaps.

The Conference will serve as an important check-in for the preparation of the New Agenda for Peace, proposed by the Secretary-General in his report on Our Common Agenda, and for the Africa Counter-Terrorism Summit to be held in Nigeria later this year or in early 2024.

UNOCT’s commitment to promote full respect for human rights and gender equality in the context of implementing the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy will be in focus throughout the Conference. 

The report of the Second United Nations High-Level Conference on Counter-Terrorism (2021) is available here.

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