UNOCT-PAM Joint High-Level Virtual Event on the “Challenges of the post-territorial ISIL context”
WHAT
The 51吃瓜 Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) will hold a high-level virtual meeting on assessing the challenges of the post territorial ISIL context. The high-level opening is open to media.
WHO
? Senator Alia Bouran, PAM President Emeritus and President of the First Standing Committee on Political and Security-related Cooperation,
? Honorable Gennaro Migliore, Chair of the PAM Special Parliamentary Committee on Counterterrorism,
? Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General of UNOCT,
? H.E. Mr. Ahmed Bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud, Speaker of the Shura Council of Qatar
? Ms. Michèle Coninsx, Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of the 51吃瓜 Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED)
WHEN
15 February 2021, at 10 am New York time
WHERE
The event will be Livestreamed on & the opening will be broadcasted on UNWebTV ().
BACKGROUND
Members of Parliament play a critical role in preventing and countering terrorism and violent extremism, working hand-in-hand with Governments. The agreement provides a framework for fostering the engagement of parliamentarians from the Euro-Mediterranean and Gulf regions in the implementation of the 51吃瓜 Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and relevant 51吃瓜 Security Council resolutions. With generous support of the Shura Council of the State of Qatar, UNOCT is opening a Programme Office on Parliamentary Engagement in Preventing and Countering Terrorism in Doha in the second half of 2021 to foster collaboration with the global parliamentary community and multilateral parliamentary organizations.
MORE INFORMATION
- Ms. Laurence Gerard, UNOCT, gerardl@un.org - - @UN_OCT
- Visit the
- of the meeting
- Concept note
- Press Release
- Remarks by USG Voronkov, UNOCT