United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism

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Under the UNOCT are the UN Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF) and the UN Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT).

History

The UNOCT was approved in a UN General Assembly resolution on 15 June 2017 as part of an initiative by Secretary-General António Guterres to transfer counterterrorism functions out of the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA).

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Structure

The UNOCT is divided into various divisions and units including:

Under Secretary General (USG)
- Chief of the Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism (OUSG)
  - Front Office
    - Communications Unit
  - Resource Mobilization and Donor Relations Section
  - Evaluation and Compliance Unit
- Field Coordination Section
  - UNOCT Programme Offices
    - Baghdad: PRR
    - Budapest: CT Travel, TAM, Cyber, CFT
    - Doha: Int’l Hub on BI to CT
    - Doha: Parliamentary Engagement
    - Madrid: VT, Sports, VoT, Weapons
    - Nairobi: PCVE
    - Rabat: CT Training in Africa, CT Investigations, Fusion Cells
- Deputy to the Under Secretary General and Director (DUSG)
  - CTED Liaison Section
    - EU-UN Global Terrorism Threats Facility
  - Director of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT)
    - Deputy Director of the UNCCT
      - Programme Management Unit (PMU)
      - Strategic Coordination Section
        Prosecution, Rehabilitation and Reintegration Unit (PRR)
      - Preventing & Countering Violent Extremism Section (PCVE)
        Asia-Pacific Unit
        PCVE Unit
        Victims of Terrorism Unit (VOT)
      - Countering Terrorism Section
        Border Security and Management Unit (BSM)
        Countering the Financing of Terrorism Unit (CFT)
        Cybersecurity & New Technologies Unit
        Europe & Central Asia Unit
        Middle East & North Africa Unit (MENA)
        Countering Terrorist Use of Weapons Unit
  - Chief of the Special Projects and Innovation Branch (SPIB)
    - Countering Terrorist Travel Section (CTT)
      - CT Travel Unit
      - goTravel ICT Unit
      - Threat Assessment Models Unit (TAM)
    - External Partnerships Section (EPS)
    - Special Projects Section
      - Law Enforcement Unit (Fusion Cells, CT Investigations, Autonomous & Remotely Operated Systems)
      - Parliamentary Engagement Unit
      - Sports Unit
      - Surge Capacity Unit
      - Vulnerable Targets Unit (VT)
  - Chief of the Policy, Knowledge Management and Coordination Branch (PKMCB)
    - International Hub on Behavioral Insights (BI Hub)
    - Counter Terrorism Compact Unit
    - Knowledge Management & Strategic Support Section (KMSSS)
      - Knowledge Management Unit
      - Strategic Support Unit
    - Regional Conferences Section (RCS)
    - Regional Support Section (RSS)
      - Americas & CARICOM Unit
      - Asia-Pacific Unit
      - Central Asia and non-EU countries Unit
      - East, Central & Southern Africa Unit
      - European Union (EU countries and entities) Unit
      - MENA Unit
      - South Asia Unit
      - West Africa Unit
  - HRGS Human Rights and Gender Section (HRGS)
    - Human Rights Unit
    - Gender Unit
  - Strategic Planning & Programme Support Section (SPPSS)

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