- It is a new office approved by UNGA.
- UN will transfer the relevant functions out of the UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) into the new body.
- The Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force Office (CTITF) and the UN Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT) currently under the DPA will be transferred to the new office together with existing staff and associated budgetary resources.
Functions:
The new office will have the following five main functions:
- To provide leadership on the counter-terrorism mandates entrusted to it across the United Nations system.
- To enhance coordination and coherence across the 38 Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force entities for ensuring balanced implementation of the four pillars of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.
- To strengthen the delivery of United Nations counter-terrorism capacity-building assistance to the Member States.
- To improve visibility, advocacy and resource mobilization for United Nations counter-terrorism efforts; and
- To ensure that priority is given to counterterrorism across the United Nations system.