United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism

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]

United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism

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/

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).^[2]

Structure

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

See also

• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime