The Sixth High-Level Strategic Dialogue between Qatar and the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), was held at the headquarters of the UN, in New York.
HE Permanent Representative of Qatar to the UN, Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif al-Thani, and HE Special Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, ambassador Faisal bin Abdullah al-Hanzab, participated in the dialogue as representatives of the National Counter-Terrorism Committee of Qatar.
Representing the UN at the dialogue were Under-Secretary-General of UNOCT, Vladimir Voronkov, Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), Natalia Gherman, and Co-ordinator of the UN Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, Colin Smith.
The dialogue discussed co-operation between Qatar and UNOCT, along with the achievements made during the previous dialogue that was held in June 2023.
Addressing the dialogue, HE Sheikha Alya hailed the productive collaboration between Qatar and UNOCT, noting the importance of the dialogue in sharing perspectives on priorities and strategic initiatives, in addition to reviewing the activities UNOCT conducts with the support from Qatar.
She highlighted the unwavering co-ordination between Qatar and other counter-terrorism relevant UN agencies.
For his part, HE al-Hanzab affirmed that Qatar is committed to diligently continuing its ironclad partnership with UNOCT, welcoming the UNOCT's achievements through the programmes, projects and activities UNOCT is implementing with funding from Qatar, as the main donor to the UN Trust Fund for Counter-Terrorism.
The UNOCT Under-Secretary-General expressed the UN's appreciation to the political and financial support Qatar is providing to UNOCT, which has contributed to implementing numerous effective capacity-building programmes, convening high-level conferences and supporting coordination at the level of UN system in counter-terrorism field.
