United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Compact Coordination Committee defines priorities for a stronger multilateral collaboration, at its 6th Meeting

New York, 8 October 2021 – The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact (Counter-Terrorism Compact) convened its 6th Global Counter-Terrorism Compact Coordination Committee (Coordination Committee) meeting chaired by the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism, Mr. Vladimir Voronkov. The Counter-Terrorism Compact leverages the expertise of 40 United Nations entities, as well as the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the World Customs Organization (WCO). The virtual event gathered 95 representatives of 23 Counter-Terrorism Compact member entities who provided strategic leadership and guidance to its work.

Mr. Voronkov outlined the outcomes of the Second United Nations Counter-Terrorism Week, which resulted in a strong roadmap to sustain international counter-terrorism cooperation. He highlighted the review resolution of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy as concluded/negotiated by Member States, and called for greater coordination, coherence, accountability, transparency and effectiveness of United Nations’ common efforts in supporting Member States’ counter-terrorism priorities.

Following recent developments in Afghanistan, the meeting for the first time featured a dedicated panel discussion on the “Implications of recent developments in Afghanistan for United Nations counter-terrorism efforts in Central Asia, Africa, and priority preventive measures.” Speakers at the panel discussion included Ambassador Bakhtiyor Ibragimov, Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan to the United Nations; Ambassador Martin Kimani, Permanent Representative of Kenya to the United Nations; Ms. Hilde Hardeman, Head of the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments of the European Commission, European Union; and Mr. Jumakhon Giyosov, Director of the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. 

The meeting served as a critical platform to assess emerging challenges and called for a stronger connection between United Nations Headquarters and the field, enhanced partnerships and collaboration with Member States and civil society organisations, and increased coordination of Counter-Terrorism Compact entities in the field. 

The event also featured briefings from the Counter-Terrorism Compact’s eight inter-agency working groups on thematic priorities and developments ranging from preventing and countering terrorism and violent extremism, border management, critical infrastructure protection, criminal justice, counter-terrorism financing, to resource mobilisation, and cross-cutting issues such as mainstreaming human rights and gender equality.

For more information: 
Ms. Laurence Gerard (gerardl@un.org), Public Information Officer, and GlobalCompact-committee@un.org