Interaction between ECOWAS and UN delegation in Abuja.
A visiting multi-agency UN counter-terrorism delegation held talks with ECOWAS officials in Abuja on 12 October 2015 to exchange views on the current security situation in West Africa and identify areas of future cooperation.
The delegation included representatives of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF) Office, the expert Monitoring Team of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999), the Terrorism Prevention Branch of UNODC, UNOWA, ICAO, INTERPOL, IOM, and WCO.
Interaction between ECOWAS and UN delegation in Abuja.
ECOWAS, a regional partner of the Counter-Terrorism Committee and CTED in counter-terrorism issues, assists States of the region to implement United Nations resolutions on counter-terrorism, as well as the Security Council sanctions regime.
The two delegations exchanged views on matters of mutual interest, including combating Boko Haram, countering violent extremism, border control and immigration issues, weapons smuggling and other transnational organized crimes, the implementation of a regional counter-terrorism strategy, preventing misuse of the Internet and other communications technologies for terrorist purposes, and capacity-building.
The two delegations agreed on the need to provide Member States of the region with international support in their efforts to implement the relevant UN resolutions.