September 7-9, 2010

2010 Review of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy:

Examining collective international efforts to counter terrorism

When:
Tuesday, September 7-9, 2010

Where:
Trygve Lie Center for Peace, Security & Development
International Peace Institute
777 United Nations Plaza, 12th Floor
(Corner of 1st Avenue and 44th Street)

AGENDA

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

8:30am Breakfast

09:00 – 09:30 Opening Remarks

Warren Hoge, Vice-President for External Relations, International Peace Institute
(IPI)
Jean-Paul Laborde, Chair, Counter Terrorism Implementation Task Force
(CTITF) and Director, CTITF Office, United Nations

09:30 – 10:30 Ransom as a Means of Financing of Terrorism

Panel Discussion Sponsored by the Permanent Missions of Algeria and the UK to
the UN

Mourad Benmehidi, Permanent Representative of Algeria to the UN

Philip Parham, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the
UK to the UN [TBC]
Elizabeth Joyce, Chief of Cluster, Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate
(CTED)
Rezag Bara, Counterterrorism focal point, Government of Algeria
Moderator: Naureen Chowdhury Fink, Senior Policy Analyst, IPI

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10:30 – 11:30 Launch of Project on Implementing the UN Global
Counter-Terrorism Strategy in Central Asia

Miroslav Jenca, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Central

Asia
Christopher Coleman, Director, Policy and Mediation Division, Department of
Political Affairs, UN
Michael Merker, Directorate-General for External Relations, Counter-Terrorism
Branch, European Commission
Moderator: Jean-Paul Laborde, Chair, CTITF & Director, CTITF Office, UN

11:30 – 11:45 Coffee Break

11:45 – 13:00 International Response to, and Mitigation of a Potential Terrorist

Attack using Nuclear and/or Radiological Weapons or Materials
Report Launch by the CTITF Working Group on Preventing and Responding to
WMD Attacks

Geoffrey Shaw, Director of the New York Office, IAEA

Fiona Simpson, Senior Fellow, Center on International Cooperation, New York
University
Pierre-Louis Lempereur, Office of the European Union Representative for Non-
Proliferation and Disarmament
Moderator: Anne Wu, Special Political Advisor, CTITF

13:00 – 14:45 An Opportunity for Renewal: An Independent Strategic Assessment

of the UN Counterterrorism Program
Lunch and report launch hosted by the Center on Global Counter-Terrorism
Cooperation (at IPI)

James Cockayne, Senior Fellow and Director of the New York Office, Center on
Global Counterterrorism Cooperation
Jørgen Gammelgaard, Counterterrorism Coordinator, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Denmark
Moderator: Alistair Millar, Director, Center on Global Counterterrorism
Cooperation (CGCC)

15:00 – 16:00 Countering Terrorist Use of the Internet

Report Launch by the CTITF Working Group on Countering the Use of the
Internet for Terrorist Purposes

Richard Barrett, Coordinator, 1267 Monitoring Team, UN

Carl Salicath, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Daniel Krull, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Germany
Moderator: Naureen Chowdhury Fink, Senior Policy Analyst, IPI

16:00 – 17:00 Public-Private-Partnerships in Counter-Terrorism

Mr. Francesco Cappè, Head,Security Governance/Counter-Terrorism

Laboratory, UNICRI
Mr. Gert de Vries, International Programme Manager, National Coordinator for
Counterterrorism (NCTb), The Netherlands
Mr. Luis Carlos Nájera Gutiérrez de Velasco, Secretary-General for Public
Safety, Secretary of Public Safety, Jalisco/Mexico
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 Mr. Mikhail A. Shurgalin, Head of Section, Department on New Challenges and
Threats, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation
Mr. Massimiliano Montanari, Head of Centre on Public-Private Security
Policies, Security Governance/Counter-Terrorism Laboratory, UNICRI
Moderator: Mr. Brian Powrie, Interregional Advisor, Security
Governance/Counter-Terrorism Laboratory, United Nations Interregional Crime
and Justice Research Institute

17:00-18:00 Capacity Building to Counter Terrorism

Panel sponsored by the European Union and CTITF, taking place on the 2nd floor,
777 UN Plaza)

Michael Merker, Directorate-General for External Relations, Counter-Terrorism

Branch, European Commission
Anton du Plessis, Head, International Crime in Africa, Institute of Security
Studies
Norman Wokoma, Director, Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), Nigeria [TBC]
Moderator: Alistair Millar, Director, CGCC

18:30 – 20:00 Empowering Survivors of Terrorism: the Global Survivors Network

Reception hosted by the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation and the
Global Survivors Network (at IPI)

Keynote Speakers:
Carie Lemack, Global Survivors Network
Jean-Paul Laborde, Chair, CTITF & Director, CTITF Office, UN

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

10:00 – 13:00 Second Review of the Implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism
Strategy (UN General Assembly)

13:15 – 14:45 Briefing on the 2009 Global Meeting for National Counter-Terrorism
Focal Points in Vienna and on a Follow-on Project on the
Promotion of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy at the
Regional Level
Lunch and report launch hosted by the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the
UN (at IPI)

Welcome remarks: Warren Hoge, Vice-President for External Relations, IPI

Panel 1: Briefing on Vienna CT Focal Points Meeting and UNODC report

Jürg Lindenmann, Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Switzerland
Christian Ebner, Deputy Permanent Representative of Austria to the United
Nations
Cecilia Ruthström-Ruin, Chief, Terrorism Prevention Branch (UNODC)

Panel 2: Briefing on Regional CT Strategy Implementation Initiative

Jürg Lindenmann, Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Switzerland
Listy Owati, Deputy Director for Counter Terrorism, Directorate General
Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Indonesia
Jean-Paul Laborde, Chair, CTITF & Director, CTITF Office, UN

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15:00 – 18:00 Continued: Second Review of the Implementation of the UN Global Counter-
Terrorism Strategy (UN General Assembly)

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

10:00 – 13:00 Continued: Second Review of the Implementation of the UN Global Counter-
Terrorism Strategy (UN General Assembly)

13:10 – 14:15 Working Lunch on the Integrated Assistance for Countering

Terrorism (I-ACT Initiative)

Jean-Paul Laborde, Chair, CTITF & Director, CTITF Office, UN

Mike Smith, Executive Director, CTED, UN
Cecilia Ruthström-Ruin, Chief, Terrorism Prevention Branch, UNODC
Carl Salicath, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Norman Wokoma, Director, Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), Nigeria
Moderator: Edward C. Luck, Senior Vice President for Research and Programs,
IPI

14:15 – 15:15 The Role of Civil Society in Implementing the Global UN Counter-
Terrorism Strategy

Bibi van Ginkel,Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Netherlands Institute of

International Relations
Piet De Klerk, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the
Netherlands to the United Nations, New York
David Cortright, Chair of the Board and Senior, Fourth Freedom Forum and
Director of Policy Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies,
University of Notre Dame
Alistair Millar, Director, CGCC
Moderator: Francesco Cappè, Head, Security Governance/Counter-Terrorism
Laboratory, UNICRI

15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:00 Protecting Human Rights While Countering Terrorism

Launch of Technical Guides on “Security Infrastructure” and on “Stopping and
Searching” and update on the work of the CTITF Working Group on the
Protection of Human Rights While Countering Terrorism

Maggie Nicholson, Deputy Director, Office of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights, New York
Martin Scheinin, Special Rapporteur on promotion and protection of human
rights while countering terrorism
Andre Vandoren, Director, Belgian Coordination Unit for Threat Assessment
(CUTA) Belgium
Cecilia Ruthström-Ruin, Chief, Terrorism Prevention Branch, UNODC
Moderator: Naureen Chowdhury Fink, Senior Policy Analyst, IPI

17:00-17:30 Closing remarks and reflections on the review of the Global

Counterterrorism Strategy, 2010

Jean-Paul Laborde, Chair, CTITF & Director, CTITF Office, UN

Edward C. Luck, Senior Vice President for Research and Programs, IPI
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