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 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 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 74 Member States, 55 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.
The United Nations Countering Terrorist Travel ('CT Travel') Programme is co-funded by strategic investments and in-kind support from the European Union, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the State of Qatar, Germany, Australia, the United States of America, the Republic of India, Japan, Hungary, and the Republic of Korea.