Building State capacity to counter terrorism The Office of Legal Affairs has prepared publications and conducted seminars and training programmes to disseminate information regarding the universal counter-terrorism instruments and to encourage State participation in these treaty regimes. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has assisted more than 149 countries in becoming parties to and implementing the universal instruments related to the prevention and suppression of international terrorism and in strengthening international cooperation mechanisms in criminal matters related to terrorism, including through national capacitybuilding. The Office has provided legislative advice on counter-terrorism issues to over 80 countries. The Office has also developed (or is in the process of developing) more than a dozen technical assistance tools, including legislative databases and model legislation, aimed at assisting countries in strengthening their legal regimes against terrorism. The Office continues to deploy professional expertise in the field to train officials of relevant authorities and build institutions to improve countries’ capacities in combating money-laundering and the financing of terrorism. The Office moreover assists Member States in building criminal justice systems in accordance with the rule of law and human rights standards. The Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate has identified and prioritized the technical assistance needs of over 90 Member States and has referred these needs to potential donors. It has also created on the website of the Counter-Terrorism Committee a directory of international best practices, codes and standards for the implementation of resolution 1373 (2001). The Monitoring Team of the 1267 Committee has also collected information and requests from 151 Member States relating to their technical assistance needs for more effective implementation of the AlQaida/Taliban sanctions regime, and forwarded this information to both the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (Terrorism Prevention Branch) and the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate for information and action. With its field presence in 166 countries, the United Nations Development Programme undertakes, at the request of Governments, numerous activities to promote governance and rule of law, including programmes to support the implementation of anti-money-laundering legislation and the strengthening of justice systems. 63