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The workshop had panel discussions by international and regional maritime🛳️security experts on the Addendum’s Good Practices and its regional relevance. The highlight: visit to #PortofDakar (3/3)
👀Addendum: ow.ly/ocCB50Q3Snx
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The GCTF #FTF Working Group Co-Chairs, وزارة الخارجية وشؤون المغتربين الأردنية 🇯🇴 & Department of State 🇺🇸, together with G7++ FOGG 2023 Co-Chairs, Côte D'Ivoire & GermanForeignOffice, Présidence Sénégal , TMC Asser Instituut, & ISS held an interactive, 2-day workshop on countering #maritimeterrorism in #WestAfrica 🌍(2/3)
With most of the world’s🌍trade by waterborne transport🛳️, the maritime domain's vastness and jurisdictional gaps also expose vulnerabilities, especially to exploitation by terrorist and criminal organizations. (1/3)
#maritimeterrorism #counterterrorism
The WAWG Co-Chairs وزارة الشؤون الخارجية| MFA-Algeria & GermanForeignOffice, with UN Office on Drugs & Crime as implementing partner, held a regional event with a focus on the proliferation of #SALWs , associated ammunition & #UAS in the context of terrorist violence in #WestAfrica (3/3)
👉thegctf.org/What-we-do/Wor…
Small arms and light weapons #SALW are not only used by terrorist groups for attacks but are also a lucrative trafficking commodity underlining the nexus between terrorism and transnational organized crime (2/3) #CounterTerrorism وزارة الشؤون الخارجية| MFA-Algeria & GermanForeignOffice UN Office on Drugs & Crime
40+ million small arms on the African continent are being held by civilian actors and non-state armed groups. Almost 80% are unregistered and unmarked and difficult to trace for investigation and prosecution purposes *Ref: African Union & small arms survey (1/3) #CounterTerrorism
.Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office 🇬🇧 & State Dept CT Bureau 🇺🇸 are hosting a series of webinars, with implementing partners TMC Asser Instituut & Valens Global, that include virtual, interactive workshops to understand the opportunities and threats of #UAS use better (2/2) #CounterTerrorism
👉ow.ly/8EYu50QcP2y
📅This week, the third workshop, in a series of insightful workshops, was held that explored the benefits and challenges of emerging technologies in Unmanned Aerial Systems (1/2) #CUAS Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office State Dept CT Bureau TMC Asser Instituut Valens Global
💡 👉Initiative: ow.ly/RjAJ50QcOWk
Latest 🇺🇳 #CounterTerrorism Compact Newsletter w/ highlights on
🔸 @un Security Council #CTC meeting on #CTNarratives
🔹10th @thegctf-Compact partnership Consultation
🔸New SG Advisory Body Members on #AI
🔹New reports & publications
👉 bit.ly/OCT-newsletter