United Nations Office on Counter-Terrorism
Introduction to UNOCT
The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism was approved in a resolution on June 15, 2017 with the consensus of the 193-nation UN General Assembly. The creation of the office was also welcomed by Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres' initiative to transfer relevant functions out of the United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA), including the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force and the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT), to the new United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism.
Across the globe, the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) leads and coordinates an all-of-UN approach to prevent and counter terrorism and violent extremism. As the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world, UNOCT scaled up its efforts to help Member States achieve a world free from terrorism by adapting and innovating to meet this challenging moment. In the unprecedented 2020 environment, promoting multilateral cooperation remained at the centre of UNOCT’s work.
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes
Agenda
MEET THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
United Nations Office on Counter-Terrorism
Ishaan Shaurya Chamoli
Head Chair
We present the President of the UN Office on Counter-Terrorism - Ishaan Shaurya Chamoli!
A High School Junior year student from Delhi NCR, India, having taken part in over half a decade conferences across a span of 4 years, with prime achievements in the spheres of debate and innovation, 2 skills he believes hold the utmost importance in Model United Nations.
Ishaan has been awarded the Times of India Student of the Year title, won the best speaker award at the Rotary International Asian Parliamentary Debate, been a finalist from over 20,000+ entries at the IIT Kharagpur Young innovators program, and won the best product innovation award in Gurgaon City, by the Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, among many more... With a passion for debate and communication, he has been in the debating circuit for 7 years, and hosted his school annual events for 6 consecutive years, making him a great fit for his role at the conference. As an additional interest in Computer Science, and Big Data Analytics, Ishaan is also currently pursuing a certification on the CS50 course by Harvard University, generally taken by Computer Science Majors and Minors at the University Level. Starting MUN's young in 8th grade, his rule of thumb in promoting the art of Model UN, is to uplift the voice of youngsters and truly imbibe the ideals of Model UN, where age is hardly a factor, and the youngest of delegates can take over the toughest of conferences, and that's what he hopes to see in the delegates at Imprint 3.0!
Johanna Koshy
Co-Chair
Greetings delegates, Johanna Koshy will be serving as the vice chair for United Nations Office of Counter Terrorism. Johanna has been an avid member in the
online mun circuit and has a passion for debating on rather unorthodox topics. It's also where she learnt to be a better speaker, leader and overall to be more diplomatic. Johanna looks forward to meeting you all and having a fruitful IMRINTMUN conference.
Anveyshika Misra
Co-Chair
Meet Anveyshika Misra, the other Vice President for the UNOCT at Imprint MUN!
To her, MUN is not just a platform to showcase one's debating skills, it requires much more to go up there and represent a nation and to battle it out to prove your stance as the desirable and profitable one.... but in turn, MUN also gives you a lot in return, of which an amalgamation of a knowledgeable yet fulfilled experience is of utmost importance!!! With that said, she along with the team of IMPRINT MUN 3.0 welcomes you to the few days of the fight (not literally :b), friendship and loads of fun, the ones to remember
Can't wait to see y'all at the conference and spend some amazing time