United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism

United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism
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Abbreviation	UNOCT
Formation	15 June 2017
Type	Secretariat office
Legal status	Active
Headquarters	Headquarters of the United Nations, New York City, New York, United States
Head	Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism Vladimir Ivanovich Voronkov
Website	un.org/counterterrorism/

Government orgs

Individual Offices
Counter Terrorism Centre Counterterrorism Mission Center National Counter Terrorism Centre Countering Violent Extremism Task Force National Counterterrorism Center US House Subcommittee Bureau of Counterterrorism CTFD US Senate Subcommittee Counter Terrorism Policing United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism UN CTITF
Coordinator for Counterterrorism Independent Reviewer
Systems
National Terrorism Advisory System War on terror Terrorist Finance Tracking Program

The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) is an office of the United Nations Secretariat that is responsible for promoting international cooperation in counterterrorism efforts, examining the causes and effects of terrorism and violent extremism, and organizing efforts to prevent terrorism and extremism. It was established in 2017 in a resolution approved by the UN General Assembly.^[1]

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

History

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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).^[2]

Structure

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Vladimir Ivanovich Voronkov is the current Under-Secretary-General of the UNOCT, appointed on 21 June 2017.^[3]

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History

Preceding years	International Telegraph Union Universal Postal Union Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 Permanent Court of Arbitration International Office of Public Hygiene League of Nations archives covenant organization member states
Preparatory years	Declaration of St James's Palace (1941) Atlantic Charter (1941) Declaration by United Nations (1942) Moscow Conference (1943) Tehran Conference (1943) Bretton Woods Conference (1944) Dumbarton Oaks Conference (1944) Yalta Conference (1945) Conference on International Organization (1945) Genocide Convention (1948)
Activities	Enlargement Peacekeeping missions timeline governed territories UNPOL Universal Declaration of Human Rights drafting Human Rights Day World Heritage Convention Convention on the Rights of the Child committee Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Indigenous Caucus Sustainable Development Goals Declaration on the Rights of Peasants

Resolutions

Security Council vetoes
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- 66th
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Security Council
- Cyprus
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Elections

Secretary-General
- 2026
- 2021
- 2016
International Court of Justice
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2017
- 2014
- 2011
General Assembly President (2016)
Security council

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