The Department of Peacekeeping Operations provides training to
national police and law enforcement officers and officials on criminal
matters including kidnapping, information-gathering, hostage-taking,
close protection, and the investigation of assassinations, murders and
bombings.
The Department of Safety and Security is responsible for coordinating
the activities of the UN integrated security management system relative to
the safety and security of UN staff, assets and operations at all UN duty
stations around the world taking into account various threats, including
terrorism. The Department, INTERPOL and the Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs are also working together to develop emergency
response capacity for security threats, including terrorism.
In compliance with the ECOSOC resolution on IPO (E/2006/28) adopted
in July 2006, the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice
Research Institute continued to provide support to numerous Member
States engaged in the security preparations of major events such as the
Olympic Games and other large-scale sporting events, high-level summits
and mass events. It has also provided training to security planners
from 17 Latin American countries, while in Europe it has promoted the
development of an integrated research area on major event security. In
addition, UNICRI has developed a number of technical tools in support of
national policymakers and security planners.
The International Atomic Energy Agency activities aimed at assisting
States have included: more than 100 evaluation missions to help States
to identify their own broad nuclear security requirements; arranging for
the recovery, disposition and/or storage of approximately 100 high-activity
and neutron sources; helping States in training customs and other border
officials and installing detection equipment at border crossings; and,
operating a 24-hour contact network to facilitate States’ cooperation in
the event of a nuclear accident or a radiological emergency. The Agency
also helps States to implement current and future undertakings to the
instruments that form the strengthened international platform in the area
of nuclear security, like the recently amended Convention on the Physical
Protection of Nuclear Materials, the Convention on the Suppression of
Acts of Nuclear Terrorism and Security Council resolution 1540 (2004).
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons contributes
to global anti-terrorism efforts by promoting universal adherence to
the Chemical Weapons Convention. It is continuing its efforts, within
its mandate, to assist States to build capacity to prevent terrorists from
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