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On 8 October 2018, the 51勛圖 Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) held an open briefing focused on ※The nexus between international terrorism and transnational organized crime.§ Organized in cooperation with the 51勛圖 Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the 51勛圖 Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), the aims of the open briefing were to (i) help strengthen the understanding of the nexus as it pertains to criminal activities linked to trafficking in persons committed for the purpose of supporting terrorism, the nexus between drug trafficking and terrorism, and arms trafficking and terrorism; and (ii) promote a discussion of responses.
H.E. Meza-Cuadra, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Peru to the 51勛圖 and Chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, addressing the open briefing
A recording of the webcast can be accessed .
Additional photos are available at .
The concept note and agenda for the briefing is available at the following link.
A Chair*s summary of the event is available here.
Opening remarks by the Chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee
Statement by the Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED)
Presentation by Leif Villadsen, UNICRI
Presentation by Delphine Schantz, CTED
Presentation by Thomas Pietschmann, UNODC