The UNOCT Annual Report 2024 marks the first-ever Office-wide consolidated report, showcasing the achievements of its work to prevent and counter terrorism with focus on Africa. It highlights key results across its 17 global programmes, delivered in partnership with 140 Member States, and reaching more than 10,000 beneficiaries worldwide. The report presents both the progress made in 2024, and opportunities ahead to strengthen the impact of collective counter-terrorism efforts. These include the ninth review and 20th anniversary of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (GCTS), the development of UNOCT’s next Strategic Plan (2026–2028), and the broader UN80 initiative.
The annual report is available in: EN
The highlight report provides a summary of the Global Congress meeting hosted by United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) on 8-9 September 2022, which marked a critical milestone towards strengthened global solidarity and unity in support of victims and survivors of terrorism.
?Highlight report is available in: EN
The 2021 Counter-Terrorism Week Visibility Report contains highlights, key conclusions, and outcomes from the High-Level Conference (28-30 June 2021) and 34 side events that took place on the margins of the Second Counter-Terrorism Week (21-30 June 2021). The Counter-Terrorism Week saw productive exchanges among a broad range of stakeholders, fostering a shared understanding of counter-terrorism challenges in the new decade and practical ideas on how to partner and move forward to strengthen the implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and relevant Security Council resolutions.
This report is available in [EN]
The 2021 Annual Report regarding the utilization of the financial contribution of the State of Qatar to “Support Strategic Initiatives to Address the Scourge of Terrorism”, highlights the main activities undertaken and results achieved in 2021 through the support received from the Government and the Shura Council of the State of Qatar. It provides progress update on implementation of the International Hub on Behavioural Insights to Counter Terrorism as well as the UNOCT Programme Office on Parliamentary Engagement in Preventing and Countering Terrorism in Doha.
The annual report is available in: [EN]
The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) launched five new specialized guides (modules) dedicated to the protection of particularly vulnerable targets against terrorist attacks. While “vulnerable targets” refers both to critical infrastructure (e.g. public transportation systems, energy sector) and public places or ‘soft targets’ (e.g. tourist venues, urban centers, religious sites), these guides focus on the latter.
The 5 modules are presented by the United Nations Global Programme on Countering Terrorist Threats Against Vulnerable Targets, which is led by UNOCT and jointly implemented with CTED, UNICRI and UNAOC:
The BSM Good Practices aims to assist UN Member States’ implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and relevant UN Security Council resolutions to address the overall challenges that porous borders pose, long remote green border areas between States. The BSM good practices are intended to inform and guide governments as they develop policies, guidelines, programs, and approaches for effective BSM, with the specific aim to strengthen cross-border cooperation and border surveillance in a counterterrorism context.
This document is available in: EN
This Crisis Communications Toolkit for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (PCVE) was developed under the UNCCT Global Programme for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism, to strengthen the capacity of member states and civil society to develop strong crisis communications related to terrorist incidents. The Toolkit includes theoretical crisis communication approaches, evidence-based principles, frameworks, best practices, templates and tools that can be easily adapted and quickly activated. The content is based on the UNCCT Preventing Violent Extremism through the Strategic Communication Crisis Communication capacity-building training module. Further technical support can be provided to member states and civil society to tailor this Toolkit and integrate it into their existing crisis response systems.
This report is available in: EN
This innovative study was commissioned by the Resource Mobilization, Monitoring and Evaluation Working Group (RMME WG) of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact. It provides collective results from an analysis of over 118 evaluation and oversight reports across Compact entities and has led to aggregated findings, conclusions, lessons learned and recommendations for use by Compact entities in the delivery of quality technical assistance. The study was implemented with the support from the State of Qatar and in-kind contributions and expertise from UNODC, UNOCT and UNICRI, co-chairs of the Evaluation Sub-Group of the RMME Working Group.
The Handbook of Global South Initiatives to Counter Terrorism and Prevent Violent Extremism features national and regional CT/PVE initiatives in various regions of the Global South that offer innovative solutions and have demonstrated results as well as a potential for expansion. The handbook is part of UNOCT’s ongoing efforts to enhance South-South and Triangular cooperation in countering terrorism and preventing violent extremism.
The Model Legislative Provisions developed by UNOCT/UNCCT, IPU and UNODC aim to serve as a model for the review of existing laws and procedures related to victims of terrorism and to develop legislation where no legislation exists. The provisions will systematize and promote the exchange of information regarding existing good practices and will serve to draw attention to the urgency of taking concrete steps to protect, assist and support victims of terrorism. The Model Legislative Provisions offer guidance on the implementation of laws and procedures to support adaptation in different countries, as well as provide suggestions for formulating provisions based on various legal systems. Grounding Member States’ national comprehensive assistance plans in legislation will help to ensure that they are implemented and that the rights of victims of terrorism are protected by law.
Available in: EN
The Guide to Developing a National Cybersecurity Strategy is one of the most comprehensive overviews of what constitute successful cybersecurity strategies. It is the result of a unique, collaborative, and equitable multi-stakeholder effort. For more information:
This guide is available in: EN
