Publications

2022 Annual Report on the utilization of the financial contribution of the State of Qatar

The 2022 Annual Report regarding the utilization of the financial contribution of the State of Qatar to “Support Strategic Initiatives to Address the Scourge of Terrorism”, highlights the main activities undertaken and results achieved in 2022 through the support received from the Government and the Shura Council of the State of Qatar. It also provides progress update on implementation of the International Hub on Behavioural Insights to Counter Terrorism as well as the UNOCT Programme Office on Parliamentary Engagement in Preventing and Countering Terrorism in Doha.

Counter-Terrorism Global Compact Brochure, New York, 2022

The Counter-Terrorism Compact published a new brochure that features an overview on the structure, objectives and the varied work of the Compact and its 8 Working Groups. It also features its digital Coordination Platform, a one-stop shop for secure and efficient coordination and information sharing.

The brochure presents the broad work of the Counter-Terrorism Compact to Member States, regional organizations, and possible new member entities. The Compact, launched by Secretary-General António Guterres in 2018, is the largest UN Counter-Terrorism Framework consisting of 45 UN and non-UN entities, to deliver an “All-of-UN” approach to supporting Member States in their efforts to implement the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and relevant Security Council resolutions.

This brochure is available in: EN

UNCCT Annual Report 2021

In 2021, the Centre marked its 10th anniversary and made considerable advances as a global Center of Excellence for capacity building assistance to Member States benefitting over 150 member states, despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. As UNCCT enters a new programming cycle for 2022-2025, the Centre has steadily evolved its strategic orientation and its technical capacities. It grew from 36 projects in 2016 to 48 programmes and projects in 2021. Moving forward, UNCCT’s work will be guided by the Programme Framework as part of UNOCT’s Strategic Plan and Programme Framework for 2022-2025.

The annual report is available for the year of: [2021] [2020] [2019] [2018]

2021 Counter-Terrorism Week Visibility Report

The 2021 Counter-Terrorism Week Visibility Report contains highlights, key conclusions, and outcomes from the High-Level Conference (28-30 June 2021) and 34 side events that took place on the margins of the Second Counter-Terrorism Week (21-30 June 2021). The Counter-Terrorism Week saw productive exchanges among a broad range of stakeholders, fostering a shared understanding of counter-terrorism challenges in the new decade and practical ideas on how to partner and move forward to strengthen the implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and relevant Security Council resolutions.

This report is available in [EN]

Qatar Annual Report 2021

The 2021 Annual Report regarding the utilization of the financial contribution of the State of Qatar to “Support Strategic Initiatives to Address the Scourge of Terrorism”, highlights the main activities undertaken and results achieved in 2021 through the support received from the Government and the Shura Council of the State of Qatar. It provides progress update on implementation of the International Hub on Behavioural Insights to Counter Terrorism as well as the UNOCT Programme Office on Parliamentary Engagement in Preventing and Countering Terrorism in Doha.

The annual report is available in: [EN]

5 Thematic guides on Protecting Vulnerable Targets Against Terrorist Attacks

The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) launched five new specialized guides (modules) dedicated to the protection of particularly vulnerable targets against terrorist attacks. While “vulnerable targets” refers both to critical infrastructure (e.g. public transportation systems, energy sector) and public places or ‘soft targets’ (e.g. tourist venues, urban centers, religious sites), these guides focus on the latter.

The 5 modules are presented by the United Nations Global Programme on Countering Terrorist Threats Against Vulnerable Targets, which is led by UNOCT and jointly implemented with CTED, UNICRI and UNAOC:

Module 1: Introduction - Protection vulnerable targets from terrorist attacks [AR] [EN] [FR] [RU]
Module 2: Protecting urban centres from terrorism attacks [AR] [EN] [FR] [RU]
Module 3: Protecting tourist sites from terrorism attacks [AR] [EN] [FR] [RU]
Module 4: Protecting religious sites from terrorism attacks [AR] [EN] [FR] [RU]
Module 5: Protecting vulnerable targets from terrorist attacks involving unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) [AR] [EN] [FR] [RU]

Good Practices in the Area of Border Security and Management in the Context of Counterterrorism: The Republic of Korea Model

The BSM Good Practices aims to assist UN Member States’ implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and relevant UN Security Council resolutions to address the overall challenges that porous borders pose, long remote green border areas between States. The BSM good practices are intended to inform and guide governments as they develop policies, guidelines, programs, and approaches for effective BSM, with the specific aim to strengthen cross-border cooperation and border surveillance in a counterterrorism context.

This document is available in: EN

UNOCT/UNCCT Crisis Communications Toolkit

This Crisis Communications Toolkit for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (PCVE) was developed under the UNCCT Global Programme for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism, to strengthen the capacity of member states and civil society to develop strong crisis communications related to terrorist incidents. The Toolkit includes theoretical crisis communication approaches, evidence-based principles, frameworks, best practices, templates and tools that can be easily adapted and quickly activated. The content is based on the UNCCT Preventing Violent Extremism through the Strategic Communication Crisis Communication capacity-building training module. Further technical support can be provided to member states and civil society to tailor this Toolkit and integrate it into their existing crisis response systems.

This report is available in: EN

Learn Better, Together: Independent Meta-Synthesis Under the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

This innovative study was commissioned by the Resource Mobilization, Monitoring and Evaluation Working Group (RMME WG) of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact. It provides collective results from an analysis of over 118 evaluation and oversight reports across Compact entities and has led to aggregated findings, conclusions, lessons learned and recommendations for use by Compact entities in the delivery of quality technical assistance. The study was implemented with the support from the State of Qatar and in-kind contributions and expertise from UNODC, UNOCT and UNICRI, co-chairs of the Evaluation Sub-Group of the RMME Working Group.

• This report is available in: EN
• Summary available in: EN
• The management response to the recommendations endorsed by RMME WG: EN

UNCCT Annual Report 2020

2020 was the last year of the UNCCT Five-Year Programme (2016-2020). As detailed in this report, the Centre made impressive progress in achieving the objectives set out by the 5-Year Programme, with more than 91 per cent of planned activities either completed or being implemented. In April 2021, the Secretary-General extended the current term of the UNCCT Advisory Board under the Chairmanship of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which has been instrumental in guiding the development of UNCCT and the implementation of its programme of work. Despite the impact of COVID-19, UNOCT was able to extend the reach and impact of UNCCT’s assistance to beneficiaries by leveraging its individual staff and programme offices located in Europe, Central Asia, South East Asia and Africa.

This report is available in: EN

Preventing Terrorists from Acquiring Weapons – Technical Guidelines

These technical guidelines are a first in its kind document to facilitate the implementation of Security Council resolution 2370 (2017) on preventing terrorists from acquiring weapons. They are developed by CTED, UNCCT, UNIDIR and the members of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact Working Group on Border Management and Law Enforcement relating to Counter-Terrorism as a result of a joint project.

This publication is available in: EN - FR

UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

The UN General Assembly adopted by consensus the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy on 8 September 2006. The strategy is a unique global instrument to enhance national, regional and international efforts to counter terrorism. The General Assembly reviews the Strategy every two years, making it a living document attuned to Member States’ counter-terrorism priorities.

UNOCT Multi-Year Appeal

In this first consolidated UNOCT Multi-Year Appeal for 2019-2020, you will find 60 global, regional and national projects from 10 UN submitting entities across the four pillars of the UN Global Counter Terrorism Strategy.

Monthly Review

Interested in what we achieved? The Monthly Review is UN Office of Counter-Terrorism monthly newsletter. In our Review you will find all the highlights of UNOCT and UNCCT. Get the latest on counter terrorism activities, Member States consultations, capacity-building assistance & more.

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