<p>India has contributed an additional $500,000 to the United Nations Trust Fund for Counter-Terrorism, taking the country's donation to the UN office set up to combat terrorism to over $1 million.</p>.<p>India said it was keen to continue working with the UN office to further the common objective of combatting terrorism.</p>.<p>"India is proud to contribute $500,000 to the UN Trust Fund for Counter-Terrorism," the Permanent Mission of India to the UN tweeted.</p>.<p>With this amount, India’s total contribution to it so far is $1.05 million.</p>.<p>"Keen to continue our work with @UN_OCT on specific programs/projects to further our common objective to combat terrorism,” the Mission said, referring to the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT).</p>.<p>In line with General Assembly resolution 71/291 that established UNOCT in June 2017, the UN Trust Fund for Counter-Terrorism was transferred to UNOCT.</p>.<p>India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti tweeted: "India infuses an additional $500,000 into @UN Counter Terrorism Trust Fund. India continues its strong & focused commitment to help member states build capacity to prevent & counter terrorism.”</p>.<p>He added that more than one million dollars has been contributed to the UNOCT by India till date, including for Africa.</p>.<p>The UN Trust Fund for Counter-Terrorism was established by the Secretary-General in 2009. It receives funding for UNOCT’s programme of work, providing technical assistance and capacity-building support to Member States through the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT) and the Special Projects and Innovation Branch (SPIB), according to its website.</p>.<p>The UNOCT has received $236 million in hard pledges and contributions from 31 donors as of December 2019, through the Trust Fund for Counter-Terrorism established in 2009, as well as through other allocations for UNOCT.</p>.<p>Of this amount, $163.4 million has been received in cash while the remainder is to be received in future periods.</p>.<p>The UN Office of Counter-Terrorism, established in 2017, enhances coordination and coherence across the Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact entities to ensure the balanced implementation of the four pillars of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.</p>.<p>It strengthens the delivery of United Nations counter-terrorism capacity-building assistance to Member States; improve visibility, advocacy and resource mobilisation for United Nations counter-terrorism efforts.</p>.<p>It also ensure that due priority is given to counterterrorism across the United Nations system and that the important work on preventing violent extremism is firmly rooted in the strategy.</p>
<p>India has contributed an additional $500,000 to the United Nations Trust Fund for Counter-Terrorism, taking the country's donation to the UN office set up to combat terrorism to over $1 million.</p>.<p>India said it was keen to continue working with the UN office to further the common objective of combatting terrorism.</p>.<p>"India is proud to contribute $500,000 to the UN Trust Fund for Counter-Terrorism," the Permanent Mission of India to the UN tweeted.</p>.<p>With this amount, India’s total contribution to it so far is $1.05 million.</p>.<p>"Keen to continue our work with @UN_OCT on specific programs/projects to further our common objective to combat terrorism,” the Mission said, referring to the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT).</p>.<p>In line with General Assembly resolution 71/291 that established UNOCT in June 2017, the UN Trust Fund for Counter-Terrorism was transferred to UNOCT.</p>.<p>India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti tweeted: "India infuses an additional $500,000 into @UN Counter Terrorism Trust Fund. India continues its strong & focused commitment to help member states build capacity to prevent & counter terrorism.”</p>.<p>He added that more than one million dollars has been contributed to the UNOCT by India till date, including for Africa.</p>.<p>The UN Trust Fund for Counter-Terrorism was established by the Secretary-General in 2009. It receives funding for UNOCT’s programme of work, providing technical assistance and capacity-building support to Member States through the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT) and the Special Projects and Innovation Branch (SPIB), according to its website.</p>.<p>The UNOCT has received $236 million in hard pledges and contributions from 31 donors as of December 2019, through the Trust Fund for Counter-Terrorism established in 2009, as well as through other allocations for UNOCT.</p>.<p>Of this amount, $163.4 million has been received in cash while the remainder is to be received in future periods.</p>.<p>The UN Office of Counter-Terrorism, established in 2017, enhances coordination and coherence across the Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact entities to ensure the balanced implementation of the four pillars of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.</p>.<p>It strengthens the delivery of United Nations counter-terrorism capacity-building assistance to Member States; improve visibility, advocacy and resource mobilisation for United Nations counter-terrorism efforts.</p>.<p>It also ensure that due priority is given to counterterrorism across the United Nations system and that the important work on preventing violent extremism is firmly rooted in the strategy.</p>