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The United Nations Countering Terrorist Travel ('CT Travel') ProgrammeOpens a new window, a flagship global initiative of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT)Opens a new window, assists beneficiary Member States in building their capabilities to detect and counter terrorism and serious crimes by using Advance Passenger Information (API) and Passenger Name Record (PNR) data to improve the use of international databases with known and suspected terrorists and criminals, and enhance international information exchange, in accordance with Security Council resolutions 2178Opens a new window (2014), 2396Opens a new window (2017), and 2482Opens a new window (2019), international standards and recommended practices and human rights principles.

The Secretary-General officially launched the Programme on 7 May 2019. Six years on, CT Travel is working closely with 86 Member States, 65 are beneficiaries of the comprehensive technical assistance. Seven (7) have become strategic partners, including six (6) Member States (Austria, Belgium, France, Hungary, Ireland, and the United States of America), and one (1) regional organization (CARICOM on behalf of 15 countries).

In an ''One-UN'' partnership with the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED)Opens a new window, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)Opens a new window, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)Opens a new window, the United Nations Office of Information and Communication Technology (UNOICT)Opens a new window, the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL),Opens a new window and in close cooperation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM)Opens a new window, the Programme comprehensively assists beneficiary Member States in legislative, operational, transport industry engagement, and technology support areas. This includes the donation and deployment of the United Nations ‘goTravel’ software system. The Programme has been designed in accordance with human rights principles and United Nations policies in this regard.