The United Nations Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force
(CTITF) was estab...
The United Nations Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force
(CTITF) was established by the Secretary-General in 2005. It is the United
Nations designated entity to bring together into one coherent framework the
United Nations counter-terrorism policy and legal responses emanating from the
General Assembly, Security Council and relevant United Nations specialized
agencies. The CTITF Office, which supports the Task Force, is part of the United
Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism and is located at the United Nations
Headquarters in New York. In 2011, the United Nations Secretariat launched the
United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT) within the CTITF Office. The
Centre contributes
to support Member States’
efforts to implement the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.
In 2015 , UNCCT adopted its 5 –Year
Programme in the area of border security and management to counter terrorism
and stemming the flow of foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs), which includes a
Roster of Counter-Terrorism Experts. This initiative responds to the increased
global demand from Member States for swiftly deployed comprehensive and
integrated assistance in countering terrorist activities. Within the CTITF,
UNCCT is well-positioned to provide assistance through deploying experts on
field missions utilizing its mandate on coordination and coherence and to
ensure focused delivery of capacity-building assistance. Depending on the
specific formal request of a Member State experts will be selected from four
thematic areas and deployed for two to four weeks within a period of three
weeks to provide tailored technical expertise.
Among the four identified thematic areas
of expertise is the development and implementation of national and regional
counter-terrorism strategies and action plans.
During the fifth review of the Global
Counter-Terrorism Strategy, the General Assembly encouraged Member States to
further elaborate and develop national, sub-regional and regional plans, as
appropriate, to support the implementation of the Global Counter-Terrorism
Strategy. It also recalled the role of CTITF, in promoting international
cooperation and capacity-building as elements of the Strategy at international,
regional and sub-regional levels.