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The Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation organizes frequent meetings, workshops, and public events. These events are designed to raise awareness of the threat of terrorism and as well as the important contributions that multilateral bodies make in the fight against terrorism and how those contributions may be improved.

Some Center events are open to the public while others are primarily off-the-record policy discussions. If you would like additional information about any of the below, please contact Jason Ipe via email at jipe@globalct.org or by telephone at 202.464.6008.

Workshop on Building Capacity in the Area of Counterterrorism in West Africa in the Framework of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

16-17 February 2010 | The Sheraton Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria

On 16-17 February 2010, the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, with support from the government of Denmark, co-hosted a workshop on "Building Capacity in the Area of Counterterrorism in West Africa in the Framework of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy" which took place in Abuja, Nigeria. This project is the sixth component of a broader effort by the Center to enhance implementation of the UN Strategy in different regions around the globe, which includes past projects on southern and East Africa as well as a concurrent assessment of North Africa. The goal of this meeting, and the larger project of which it is a part, is to identify and prioritize the unmet counterterrorism and related capacity needs of countries in West Africa across the four pillars of the UN Strategy and strengthen counterterrorism related cooperation among states in West Africa and between the region and the United Nations.

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Workshop on Raising Awareness of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy Among Civil Society in Southeast Asia

18-19 November 2009 | The Sultan Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia

The Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation and Nahdatul Ulama (NU), with support from the governments of Germany and Sweden, co-hosted a workshop in Jakarta on 18-19 November 2009 to raise awareness of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy among civil society in Southeast Asia and explore the possibilities for greater civil society participation in efforts to implement the global framework in a manner that reflects the local contexts, needs, and priorities across the region. Participants in the workshop included representatives from civil society from across Southeast Asia working on an array of issues related to the implementation of the UN Strategy. The workshop aimed to build on the rich contributions of civil society to furthering human security in Southeast Asia and lay the foundations for the development of a civil society network related to the issues covered in the UN Strategy.

Click here to read the meeting summary.

Click here to read the background paper.

Press Coverage:

“Civil Societies Discuss Ways to Combat Terrorism in Southeast Asia,” Sujadi Siswo, Channel NewsAsia, 20 November 2009 (Link to Video)

"Gov't Told to Give Space to Civil Society in Combating Terrorism," Jakarta Post, 18 November 2009

"The UN and Civil Society's Role in Countering Terrorism," Abdul Wahid Maktub and Alistair Millar, Jakarta Post, 18 November 2009

"War Against Terror in Southeast Asia," Rommel Banlaoi, Jakarta Post, 18 November 2009

Luncheon Discussion on Building Capacity in the Area of Counterterrorism in West Africa

13 November 2009 | Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations, New York, NY

On 13 November 2009, the Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations and the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation hosted a meeting on “Building Capacity in the Area of Counterterrorism in West Africa in the Framework of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.”  The luncheon included speakers from the Economic Community of West African States Commission in Abuja and the UN Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate who provided updates on their re spective efforts to promote counterterrorism cooperation and capacity building in West Africa.

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Building Stronger Partnerships to Prevent Terrorism

8 October 2009 | Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, Washington, DC

On 8 October 2009, the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, with support from the Ford Foundation, hosted a conference in Washington, DC on “Building Stronger Partnerships to Prevent Terrorism." The goal was to focus attention on cooperative non-military counterterrorism efforts and steps the United States can take to strengthen those efforts. Participants in the full-day event included current senior U.S. and foreign government officials, senior representatives from the United Nations and regional organizations, academic and other non-governmental experts, and distinguished members of the Center’s international advisory council. The conference highlighted the comparative advantages of multilateral bodies in general and specifically as they relate to efforts to strengthen cooperation in two priority regions for U.S. counterterrorism efforts, South Asia and the Horn of Africa. The conference elicited concrete recommendations aimed at enhancing U.S. multilateral counterterrorism engagement, as well as making these international and regional actors more effective.

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Workshop on Building Capacity in the Area of Counterterrorism in West Africa in the Framework of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

17 September 2009 | Danish Permanent Representation to the EU, Brussels, Belgium

On 17 September 2009, the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark organized a workshop on “Building Capacity in the Area of Counterterrorism in West Africa in the Framework of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.” The meeting included representatives from the United Nations and the Economic Community of West African States Commission as well as other relevant regional and subregional organizations. It s erved as a preparatory meeting to build support for the larger, follow-on workshop, which will be convened in West Africa in early 2010 and will include representatives from ECOWAS member states, external partner governments, and nongovernmental experts. The participants at the workshop in Brussels discussed counterterrorism and broader related capacity-building efforts in West Africa and focused in particular on the possibility of developing a subregional strategy on counterterrorism and a mechanism for facilitating improved subregional counterterrorism cooperation and capacity building.

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Workshop on Implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in North Africa

15-16 September 2009 | Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague, The Netherlands

On 15-16 September 2009, the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation with the support of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs organized a workshop in The Hague as part of a project on “Implementing the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in North Africa.” This meeting included representatives from the United Nations and relevant regional and subregional organizations and researchers and other nongovernmental experts from North Africa and Europe. It was the precursor to a larger, follow-on meeting the Center plans on organizing in North Africa in early 2010 to which government representatives from the sub region and partner countries will be invited. The September workshop considered the threats and vulnerabilities to terrorism in North Africa as well as national, subregional, regional, and international efforts to address them. The participants discussed the UN Strategy in a subregional context, considering the potential opportunities it offers for, among other things, enhancing counterterrorism cooperation and capacity building in the subregion and its overall preparedness to combat terrorism, as well as for stimulating more coherent and effective engagement by the United Nations and other external partners (e.g., the European Union and the United States) in the subregion on issues related to terrorism and counterterrorism.

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Workshop on UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy Awareness Raising in Africa: Building an African Civil Society Network to Support the Implementation of the UN Global Counter-terrorism Strategy

24-25 June 2009 | Mandela Rhodes Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa

On 24-25 June 2009, the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation and the Institute for Security Studies, with the support of the governments of Germany and The Netherlands, hosted a workshop in Cape Town titled: Building an African Civil Society Network to Support the Implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. Participants included representatives from civil society organizations from across Africa working on an array of issues related to implementation of the UN’s Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, as well as from the United Nations and the governments of Germany and South Africa. Participants agreed that the UN Strategy provides civil society a useful entry point to engage on counterterrorism-related issues and a unique opportunity to push for a recalibration of counterterrorism efforts to better reflect African perspectives and priorities.  The meeting also provided the basis for the formulation of a network of civil society groups working on Strategy-related issues to help improve their contributions and facilitate interaction with the United Nations on the issue.

Click here to read the background paper.

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The Role of Regional Organizations in Countering Terrorism: Lessons for the New U.S. Administration

12 June 2009 | Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, Washington, DC

The Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation hosted a discussion on the role of regional organizations in countering terrorism with Raphael Perl, Head of the Action Against Terrorism Unit, Organization for Security and Co‐operation in Europe and Pablo Martinez, Deputy Secretary and Programs Coordinator, Inter‐American Committee Against Terrorism, Organization of American States. Center Co‐Director Alistair Millar moderated the discussion.

Click here to read the meeting summary.

Countering Terrorism in South Asia: Building Capacities and Strengthening Multilateral Engagement

20 May 2009 | Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, Washington, DC

The event focused on the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation/International Peace Institute report, Countering Terrorism in South Asia: Strengthening Multilateral Engagement (May 2009), which explores ways to build counterterrorism capacities and strengthen counterterrorism cooperation in South Asia, with a particular focus on the role that the United Nations can play in that regard. Ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, delivered the keynote address. He was joined by Mike Smith, the Executive Director of the UN Security Council’s Counter‐Terrorism Committee's Executive Directorate and two of the report's co‐authors, Eric Rosand, Co‐Director of the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, and Naureen Chowdhury Fink, Senior Program Officer at the International Peace Institute. The discussion was moderated by Center Co‐Director Alistair Millar.

Click here to read a summary of the discussion.

Click here for the report.

O'Neil Hamilton and Richard Cupitt (from left to right)Enhancing Cooperation to Prevent WMD Terrorism: Lessons for the New U.S. President

18 February 2009 | Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, Washington, DC

The fourth installment of a series of events on the presidential transition discussed the topic "Enhancing Cooperation to Prevent WMD Terrorism: Lessons for the New U.S. President" with Richard Cupitt from the United Nations Security Council’s 1540 Committee, O'Neil Hamilton, a Visiting Fellow from the Henry L. Stimson Center, and Andrew Semmel, a former official in the U.S. State Department.  The Center’s director, Alistair Millar, moderated the meeting.  The discussants considered successes and challenges in U.S. and global efforts to prevent WMD terrorism and highlighted key lessons to learn for the new administration.

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The UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and Regional and Subregional Bodies - Strengthening a Critical Partnership

16 December 2008 | German Mission to the United Nations, New York

The Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations hosted a discussion on regional cooperation and the implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy including Mike Smith, Executive Director of the UN Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED); Carol Fuller, Secretary of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE); and Eric Rosand, Senior Fellow at the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation. The meeting was organized to allow representatives from UN member states, the UN secretariat and nongovernmental organizations to discuss the recommendations from the Center’s report, The UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and Regional and Subregional Bodies: Strengthening a Critical Partnership.

Click here to read a summary of the discussion.

Radicalization/De-radicalization: Lessons for the Next U.S. President

4 December 2008 | Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, Washington, DC

In the third installment of a series of events on the presidential transition, Center Director, Alistair Millar, moderated a discussion on "Radicalization/De-radicalization: Lessons for the Next U.S. President" with Richard Barrett from the UN Al-Qaida/Taliban Sanctions Monitoring Team, Frank J. Cilluffo from the Homeland Security Policy Institute of George Washington University, Daniel W. Sutherland from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and Mona Yacoubian from United States Institute of Peace. They discussed successes and challenges in efforts by the United States and its partners to counter radicalization and highlighted key lessons learned for the next administration.

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photoImplementing the UN Global Counterterrorism Strategy in South Asia

13-14 November 2008 | International Peace Institute, New York

On 13-14 November 2008, the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation and the International Peace Institute (IPI) convened a workshop on the implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in South Asia. The workshop included over 40 representatives from the United Nations and governments in and outside South Asia, as well as researchers and other nongovernment experts from and on the region. The meeting, and the larger project of which it is a part, focused on deepening UN engagement with South Asia, improving the capacity of governments to combat terrorism, and improving counterterrorism cooperation in the region.

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Partnership of State Authorities, Civil Society and the Business Community in Combating Terrorism

4-5 November 2008 | OSCE, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation Director, Alistair Millar, spoke at the 2008 OSCE Sub-Regional Central Asian Anti-Terrorism Conference in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on "Civil Society and the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy: Opportunities and Challenges."

Click here to read his remarks.

Building States’ Capacity to Combat Terrorism: Lessons for the Next U.S. President

30 October 2008 | Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, Washington, DC

In the second installment in its series on the presidential transition, the Center hosted a discussion on building states' capacity to combat terrorism with Darcy Anderson from the U.S. Department of State, Celina D. Realuyo from the National Defense University, Carol Fuller from the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism, and Christian Mahr from the United Nations Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate. Center Director, Alistair Millar, moderated the event. The discussants highlighted key successes and challenges in U.S. and global counterterrorism capacity building efforts and lessons learned for the next administration.

Click here to read a summary of the discussion.

Seminar Series on Understanding Terrorism in Africa: Assessing Effective Counter-Terrorism Strategies and Measures

21-22 October 2008 | Institute for Security Studies, Sarova Panafric Hotel, Nairobi

Center Senior Fellow, Eric Rosand, delivered remarks on “Implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges.”

Click here to read his remarks.

International Efforts against Terrorist Financing: Lessons for the Next U.S. President

2 October 2008 | Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, Washington, DC

The Center hosted a discussion on international efforts to combat terrorist financing with Michael Jacobson from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Elizabeth Joyce from the United Nations Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), and Richard Lalonde from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Center Senior Fellow, Eric Rosand, moderated the event. The discussants identified some of the successes and challenges in international efforts to combat terrorist financing and offered recommendations for the next U.S. administration based on lessons learned since 2001.

Click here to read a summary of the discussion.

The UN’s Counterterrorism Efforts

11 September 2008 | UN Association of the USA Council of Organizations

Richard Barrett, Coordinator of the UN Security Council's Al-Qaida Taliban Sanctions Committee Monitoring Team, and Eric Rosand, Senior Fellow with the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, briefed the UNA-USA’s Council of Organizations on the UN’s counterterrorism efforts. During the briefing Rosand and Barrett discussed the UN’s counterterrorism efforts pre- and post-September 11, and shared recently published recommendations for strengthening the UN counterterrorism program.

Counterterrorism and the International Community: Waxing Fatigue, Waning Commitment?

5 September 2008 | The Century Foundation

Terrorism officials from dozens of countries came to the United Nations in New York for a two-day meeting of the General Assembly ( 4-5 September 2008) to review their governments' implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy adopted in 2006. The meeting provided an opportunity for The Century Foundation and the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation to organize a luncheon roundtable to allow candid discussion among those officials, UN representatives, U.S. representatives, and terrorism experts on "Counterterrorism and the International Community: Waxing Fatigue, Waning Commitment?" on Friday, September 5.

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Civil Society Organizations and the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy: Opportunities and Challenges

3 September 2008 | Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations

As the culmination of a project co-sponsored by the governments of Germany and Sweden, the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation presented a newly published report on the role of civil society organizations in implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. Based on input received from civil society groups from all over the world, including those who participated in a workshop convened in New York in July 2008, the report presents a set of recommendations, aimed at a variety of stakeholders, including member states, UN Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force members, and civil society.

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Raising Awareness and Exploring the Role of Civil Society in Contributing to Implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

21-22 July 2008 | International Peace Institute, New York, NY

On 21-22 July 2008, the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation convened a workshop focused on exploring the role that civil society can play in implementing the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. The meeting, held at the International Peace Institute in New York, included representatives from civil society groups from around the world and from the governments of Sweden and Germany, the project sponsors, as well as experts from different parts of the UN system.

Click here to read a summary.

International Process on Global Counter-Terrorism Cooperation Concludes, Issues Proposals for Improving UN Counter-Terrorism Efforts


24 July 2008 | New York, NY

The International Process on Global Counter-Terrorism Cooperation, which was co-sponsored by the governments of Costa Rica, Japan, Slovakia, Switzerland, and Turkey, in cooperation with the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, concluded on 24 July 2008 with the issuance of the process' final document, which enumerates a series of proposals for strengthening the UN counterterrorism program and implementation of the UN's 2006 Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.

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Briefing: The UN's Role in Fighting Terrorism - Where Does Its Comparative Advantage Lie?

11 July 2008 | Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, Washington, DC

On 11 July 2008, the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation and the United Nations Information Center cosponsored a breakfast briefing by Mike Smith, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Executive
Director of the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate on "The UN's Role in Fighting Terrorism - Where Does Its Comparative Advantage Lie?"

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Workshop on "Enhancing Capacity Building for the Implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy – Focusing Mainly on the Experiences of Southeast Asia"

17-18 June 2008 | Tokyo, Japan

On 17 and 18 June 2008 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and the Japan Institute of International Affairs hosted the fourth workshop in the “International Process on Global Counter-Terrorism Cooperation,” which was co-sponsored by Turkey, Costa Rica, Japan, Slovakia, and Switzerland, and supported by the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation. The aim of the fourth workshop was to allow for reflections on the earlier workshops and an opportunity to focus sustained attention on capacity building, which the UN Strategy recognizes as a “core element of the global counter-terrorism effort.” Although not intended to reach any definitive conclusions, the two-day event allowed some 40 experts representing states, multilateral bodies, and civil society to engage in a frank discussion of the role of states, regional bodies and mechanisms, and the UN in enhancing Strategy-related capacity building, with a particular focus on Southeast Asia. The workshop provided an excellent opportunity not only to reflect on the performance of these actors in assessing vulnerabilities and delivering and facilitating Strategy-related capacity building assistance in both the traditional and non-traditional counter-terrorism areas, but to consider ways in which the overall effort could be strengthened.

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Panel Discussion: Human Rights and the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy - Hopes and Challenges

12 June 2008 | Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Washington College of Law, American University, Washington, DC

Professor Robert K. Goldman of American University's Washington College of Law moderated a panel discussion on human rights and the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy with Santiago Cantón of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Steve Crawshaw of Human Rights Watch, Ngonlardje Mbaidjol from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Eric Rosand from the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, and Martin Scheinin, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism. The discussion focused on the Center’s recent report, Human Rights and the Implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.

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Panel Discussion: Counterterrorism Capacity Building in East Africa

11 June 2008 | Henry L. Stimson Center, Washington, DC

At a panel discussion organized by the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation and the Henry L. Stimson Center, Center Director, Alistair Millar, and Richard Barno with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development's Capacity Building Programme against Terrorism discussed the challenges of counterterrorism capacity building in East Africa and the Center's report, Implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in East Africa.

Click here to read the Center's report, Implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in East Africa.

Panel Discussion: Counterterrorism Capacity Building in Asia and Africa

10 June 2008 | International Peace Institute, New York, NY

The International Peace Institute, together with the Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations, organized an expert-level policy forum in which Center Senior Fellow, Eric Rosand, presented the findings and recommendations of the Center's report, Implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in East Africa.

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Click here to read the Center's report, Implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in East Africa.

Hill Briefing by Dr. Martin Scheinin, UN Special Rapporteur Focusing on Counterterrorism and Human Rights

9 June 2008 | US Capitol Building, Room HC-7

At a briefing organized by the Henry L. Stimson Center's Security for a New Century project and the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, Dr. Martin Scheinin, the UN Special Rapporteur focusing on counterterrorism and human rights, presented a briefing on the need for U.S. counterterrorism efforts to comply with its obligations under international law. The briefing was based on his 2007 fact-finding exercise and legal assessment of U.S. law and practice in the fight against terrorism and subsequent visit to Guantanamo Bay.

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Panel Discussion: UN Terrorist Designations and Sanctions: a Fair Process and Effective Regime?

5 June 2008 | Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC

Thomas Sanderson, Deputy Director, Transnational Threats Project, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies led a panel discussion on the effectiveness and human rights implications of the UN's Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions regime. Panelists were: Richard Barrett, Coordinator of the UN Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team; Eric Rosand, Senior Fellow, Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation; and Michael Jacobson, Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute on Near East Policy.

Click here to read senior fellow Eric Rosand's remarks.

Workshop on "The Role of the UN in Promoting and Strengthening the Rule of Law and Good Governance in Implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy"

22-23 May 2008 | Antalya, Turkey

On 22 and 23 May 2008, the Republic of Turkey hosted the third workshop in the International Process on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, which is being co-sponsored by Turkey, Costa Rica, Japan, Slovakia, and Switzerland, and supported by the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation. That meeting, which included some 55 experts representing states, multilateral bodies, and civil society from around the world, focused on "The Role of the UN in Promoting and Strengthening the Rule of Law and Good Governance in Implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy."

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Risks & Rewards of a Multilateral Counterterrorism Strategy:
A New Report on Hard Choices in a Changing International Order

9 May 2008 | New America Foundation

On 9 May 2008, Alistair Millar and Eric Rosand discussed and responded to questions regarding their new report commissioned by the Better World Campaign, Building Global Alliances in the Fight Against Terrorism, in which they contend that while targeting and capturing terrorists remain at the forefront of the nation's counterterrorism strategy, the United States will need to adopt a much more internationalist approach -- relying on multilateral cooperation for information sharing, enhancing counterterrorism capacities of states big and small, engagement of non-traditional allies, and international legitimacy. The discussion focused on the trade-offs the next administration will face in a changing international landscape.

This event was co-sponsored by the New America Foundation and the Better World Campaign, the advocacy arm of the United Nations Foundation.

Click here to see a video of the event.

Implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in the Western Hemisphere

31 March 2008 | New York, NY

On 31 March 2008, the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations hosted a workshop on implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in the Western Hemisphere. It brought together representatives from OAS member states, UN Secretariat officials, officials from the OAS Secretariat, and leading academic and other non-government experts on the region. Participants examined the nature of the terrorist threat confronting the Americas and the role of the UN, OAS, governments, civil society, and the private sector in addressing the threat.

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Workshop on "UN Engagement with Regional, Sub-Regional and Functional Bodies and Civil Society in Implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy”

17-18 March 2008 | Bratislava, Slovakia

The government of Slovakia hosted the second meeting of the International Process on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation on 17-18 March 2008 in Bratislava. That workshop dealt with the "UN Engagement with Regional, Sub-Regional and Functional Bodies and Civil Society in Implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy."

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pictureImplementing the UN Global Counterterrorism Strategy in East Africa (IGAD Region)

4-5 March 2008 | Hilton Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

On 4-5 March 2008 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Center hosted a conference financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark on implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in East Africa. Experts from the UN, regional and sub-regional bodies, and academic and research institutions participated in discussions held under the Chatham House Rule. That meeting was the second as part of a Danish-sponsored project on implementing the UN Strategy in the region.

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Counterterrorism & Human Rights Discussion Panel

28 February 2008 | Columbia University Law School, New York, New York

Columbia Law School's Human Rights Institute hosted a discussion of two new publications from the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation: Handbook on Human Rights Compliance while Countering Terrorism by Dr. Alex Conte, and Human Rights and the Implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy: Hopes and Challenges by Eric Rosand, Alistair Millar, and Jason Ipe. Discussants included:

  • Alex Conte, reader in law, University of Southampton, member, Advisory Panel of Experts to the
    UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism,
    and fellow, International Policy Institute on Counter-Terrorism
  • EJ Flynn, senior human rights officer, UN Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate, and former
    officer, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva
  • Eric Rosand, senior fellow, Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation in New York and
    non-resident fellow, NYU's Center on International Cooperation
  • Margaret Satterthwaite, assistant professor of clinical law and faculty director, Center on
    Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU Law School, and member, Advisory Panel of Experts to
    the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering
    terrorism.

"The long-term success of the United Nations’ global counter-terrorism strategy depends upon the protection of human rights, said experts at [the] panel discussion..." Read more.

"How the UN Can Help Stop Terrorism"

24 January 2008 | Austin, Texas

The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas hosted Center Senior Fellow Eric Rosand who spoke about the role of the UN in combating terrorism.

Click here to read the article from the Daily Texan.

Workshop on "Institutional Challenges in Implementing the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy"

21-21 January 2008 | Zurich, Switzerland

The Government of Switzerland hosted the first meeting of its expert-led "International Process on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation" on 21-22 January 2008 in Zurich. That workshop dealt with the "Institutional Challenges in Implementing the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy."

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Workshop on "Implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in East Africa"

14-15 January 2008 | Copenhagen, Denmark

On 15 and 16 January 2008 in Copenhagen, the Center hosted a workshop financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark on implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in East Africa. Experts from the UN, regional and sub-regional bodies, and academic and research institutions participated in discussions held under the Chatham House Rule. That meeting was part of a Danish-sponsored project on implementing the UN Strategy in the region. A larger follow-on meeting meeting will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in March 2008.

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Workshop on Conditions Conducive to the Spread of Terrorism: Implementing Pillar I of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

5 December 2007 | New York, NY

The Center and the International Peace Academy organized a workshop hosted by the Permanent Mission of Belgium to the UN on "Conditions Conducive to the Spread of Terrorism: Implementing Pillar I of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy" on 5 December 2007. It brought together representatives of some 25 UN Member States, UN Secretariat officials, and leading academic and other nongovernmental experts to discuss how the UN can best address conditions conducive to the spread of terrorism identified in the September 2006 UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, how these efforts can be strengthened, and how member states can contribute to a fuller implementation of this part of the Strategy.

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Center Presents Recommendations for Addressing Youth Radicalization

30 November 2007 | New York, NY

The Center presented recommendations for addressing youth radicalization and implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy at a lunch including 100 UN officials and diplomats hosted by the Permanent Representative of Italy to the UN. Those recommendations are based on meetings convened on 11-12 July in Rome with the Istituto Affari Internazionali.

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