Acting on behalf of the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee, its Executive Directorate (CTED) conducted a follow-up assessment visit to Jamaica from 9 to 12 June 2026. The purpose of the visit was to review the Government’s implementation of the recommendations made following the Committee’s visit conducted in 2017 and to assess progress in implementing relevant Security Council counter-terrorism resolutions, including resolutions 1373 (2001), 1624 (2005), 2178 (2014), and 2396 (2017), among other relevant resolutions. The delegation also sought to identify good practices in the Government’s implementation of these resolutions and areas in which the Government of Jamaica may benefit from receiving technical assistance in order to implement the relevant provisions of these resolutions.
The CTED delegation was led by CTED's Deputy Executive Director and included CTED officers, as well as experts from international and regional organizations, including the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, the International Maritime Organization and the World Customs Organization.
Representatives from a broad range of government ministries, departments and divisions engaged with the delegation during the four-day visit, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ministry of National Security and Peace, the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency, Jamaica Constabulary Force, Major Organized Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency, Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, and the Financial Investigations Division. The delegation also met with the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Human Rights and the Independent Commission of Investigations in Jamaica.
The visit underscored the country’s ongoing commitment to strengthening its counter-terrorism framework and highlighted opportunities for international cooperation in addressing the evolving threat of terrorism. During the visit, the delegation engaged in technical-level discussions on the threat of terrorism in Jamaica, as well as the policies, practices and frameworks Jamaica has put in place to counter this threat.
Among the issues discussed were counter-terrorism strategies, legislation and judicial practice, international and regional cooperation, countering the financing of terrorism, border management and law enforcement and countering violent extremism conducive to terrorism. The discussions also centred on human rights aspects of Jamaica’s counter-terrorism measures, as well as its incorporation of the gender dimension and the roles of women in countering terrorism and violent extremism conducive to terrorism.
The delegation also conducted on-site visits to the Norman Manley International Airport and the Kingston Freeport Terminal Ltd. Over the course of the assessment, the delegation also held a roundtable discussion with representatives of a wide range of civil society organizations, academia and the private sector in Jamaica, hosted by the Office of United Nations Resident Coordinator of Jamaica.
CTED's Deputy Executive Director also engaged in high-level discussions while on the visit, including with the Minister of State at the Ministry of National Security and Peace of Jamaica, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of National Security and Peace, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Under Secretary for Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and the Chief Technical Director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica.