The CTED team with UNICRI's Director.
The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), based in Turin, Italy, and the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) have affirmed their commitment to work closer together on counter-terrorism issues, in particular the foreign terrorist fighter (FTF) phenomenon, in line with Security Council resolution 2178 (2014).
In a meeting in New York on 18 March 2016, Mr. Weixiong Chen, CTED Deputy Executive Director, and Ms. Cindy J. Smith, Director of UNICRI, identified the need for in-depth analysis of the FTF phenomenon, as well as discussed challenges faced by Member States vis-¨¤-vis the quickly evolving terrorism landscape.
The CTED team with UNICRI¡¯s Director.
Stressing capacity-building as a priority, Mr. Chen said that ¡°CTED¡¯s analysis of Member States¡¯ performance and their needs for technical assistance forms a good basis for designing and programming of corresponding training projects by the donor community and implementing agencies. And UNICRI is one of the closest partners in this respect.¡±
UNICRI is well placed to work on capacity-building programmes, given its strong expertise and capability in this field. Ms. Smith emphasized that technical assistance should be prioritized according to targeted thematic areas and regions, and have a quick impact.
Both entities within the CTITF Framework, UNICRI and CTED have contributed to the work of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.