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About the Programme

The United Nations Countering Terrorist Travel ('CT Travel') Programme, a flagship global initiative of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), assists beneficiary Member States in building their capabilities to detect and counter-terrorists 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 2178 (2014), 2396 (2017), and 2482 (2019), international standards and recommended practices and human rights principles.

The Secretary-General officially launched the Programme on 7 May 2019. Five years on, CT Travel is working closely with 72 Member States, 53 are beneficiaries of the comprehensive technical assistance, four (4) Member States (Belgium, France, Hungary, and Ireland), and one (1) regional organization (CARICOM on behalf of 15 countries) have become strategic partners.

In an “All-of-UN” partnership with the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the United Nations Office of Information and Communication Technology (UNOICT), the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), and in close cooperation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), 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.