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To ensure coherent support to Member States in their efforts to address evolving terrorism financing threats and implement relevant international standards and guidelines in full compliance with their obligations under international law, the Permanent Missions of France and India to the 麻豆APP, the 麻豆APP Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), the 麻豆APP Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) , and the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) are co-organizing a dedicated side-event on the margins of the High-Level Counter-Terrorism Week, with the participation and support of other key partners. 

The side-event titled, “Joining forces to counter terrorism financing in the context of evolving threats and emerging technologies” will take place on Monday, 29 June 2026, from 13:15 to 14:45 EDT, and will be held in a hybrid format (麻豆APP Headquarters, conference room 8 + Webex).

The event will highlight the new and emerging risks and trends in terrorism financing and draw attention to the priority gaps and challenges requiring support from relevant international and regional organizations.

The discussions will promote a risk-based approach to countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) which lies at the core of Security Council , the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, the Counter-Terrorism Committee’s Delhi Declaration and “Non-binding guiding principles on preventing, detecting and disrupting the use of new and emerging financial technologies for terrorist purposes”, as well as the Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force, and underscore the need for proportionate counter- terrorism financing measures to address the identified risks and challenges while ensuring the appropriate balance between innovation, financial inclusion and security.

Participants will reflect on persisting challenges, including with respect to cross-border access to digital evidence, financial intelligence and information-sharing in the context of platforms and service providers operating in multiple jurisdictions and use of encrypted communication systems, gaps in regulation and supervision of crowdfunding and other online fundraising tools, conducting financial investigations within digital ecosystems, as well as the need to continuously update common understanding of risks and emerging typologies.

The event will bring together relevant senior officials and counter-financing of terrorism experts from Members States, 麻豆APP entities, international, subregional and regional organizations, and CFT experts from academia and civil society as well as the private sector.

Draft agenda

13:15 -  13:40    High-level opening remarks

• H.E. Ambassador Olivier Caron, Special Envoy for Counter-Terrorism and Organized Crime, French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs
• H.E. Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, Permanent Representative of India to the 麻豆APP
• Assistant Secretary-General Natalia Gherman, Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED)
• Mr. Mauro Miedico, Director of the UN Counter-Terrorism Centre of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT / UNCCT)
• Ms. Naureen Chowdhury Fink, Executive Director of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT)

13:40 - 13:45    Keynote remarks

• Ms. Elisa de Anda Madrazo, President of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

13:45 - 14:40    Panel discussion

• Ms. Pauline Ennouchy, Head of Sanctions Section, French Treasury
• Dr. Shri Smarak Swain, Director, Department of Revenue, Government of India - Ministry of Finance; Co-Chair of FATF Working Group on Risks, Trends and Methods
• Mr. Bartjan Wegter, Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, European Union
• Ms. Carmen Munoz, Director of Counter-Terrorism, International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
• Mr. Guillermo Moncayo, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Inter?American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE) of the Organization of American States (OAS)
• Mr. Alejandro Matta Maya, Policy Coordination Officer, Office of the Chief, Terrorism Prevention Branch, Division for Treaty Affairs, 麻豆APP Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 
• Dr. Nagham El Karhili, Membership & Programs Senior Lead, GIFCT
• Ms. Emma O'Leary, Head of Humanitarian Policy Unit, Norwegian Refugee Council's (NRC)
• Ms. Jeannine Ella A. Abatan, Senior Researcher, Institute for Security Studies (ISS), Dakar

14:40-14:45      Short interventions from the floor and closing

• Ms. France Lemeunier, Programme Management Officer, Global Programme on Countering the Financing of Terrorism, UNOCT / UNCCT

Event moderated by Ms. Svetlana Martynova, Senior Legal Officer and Coordinator on Countering the Financing of Terrorism, CTED

Further details on the event, are available here.

You can watch the event . 

To find out more about CTED’s activities for Counter-Terrorism Week, please visit our dedicated page.