UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa participates in the West African Region Working Group of the Global Counter Terrorism Forum

From  5 to 7 December 2023, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) participated in the West African Region Working Group of the Global Counter Terrorism Forum (GCTF). The regional meeting , supported by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), was held in Banjul, The Gambia. Attendees included senior officials from West African Member States and associated Sahel States, including Chad, Cameroon and the Central African Republic.   Global Counter Terrorism Forum Member States included  Algeria, Germany, Turkey, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, along with UN agencies (UNOCT, IOM, UNREC, UNODC) and other partners, including the Mines Advisory Group (MAG), the Accra Initiative, Conflict Armament Research (CAR), the German cooperation (GIZ), Interpol, among others.

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UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa participates in the West African Region Working Group of the Global Counter Terrorism Forum – UNODA