Ministerial Conference for Caribbean Countries on International Cooperation against Terrorism and Transnational Organized Crime

The Terrorism Prevention Branch of the UN Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (TPB/UNODC) and the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (OAS/CICTE) co-sponsored a four-day technical and ministerial conference for Caribbean countries on terrorism and transnational organized crime, hosted by the Government of the Dominican Republic in Santo Domingo March 19-22, 2007. The purpose of this initiative was to provide participant Member States with a forum for reviewing their progress towards ratification and implementation of the existing universal and regional legal framework against terrorism and transnational organized crime, as well as to address the issues related to international cooperation in the subject matter. Experts participated in the conference from international and sub-regional organizations and institutions such as the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, the UN Committee established by UN Security Council Resolution 1267 of 1999, the Commonwealth Secretariat, the International Maritime Organization, INTERPOL, the U.S. Department of Justice, Scotland Yard of the UK, and the Office of the Public Prosecutor of Canada.  The Declaration of Santo Domingo, adopted by Conference participants, reaffirms the commitments of participating governments in the area of counter terrorism and organized crime, as well as their request to the international community for technical assistance in order to comply with these commitments.

For more information, contact the CICTE Secretariat: Johanna Salah (jsalah@oas.org) or Ignacio Ibañez (CICTEcons1@oas.org).