The internship is located in the Terrorism Prevention Branch (TPB), Division for Treaty Affairs (DTA), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Vienna (Austria). The intern shall undertake the following duties which may include, but are not limited to:

• Conduct research on criminal justice aspects of terrorism prevention and on specific counter-terrorism related thematic areas;
• Contribute to the elaboration of background documents, presentations, briefing notes, summaries, talking points and speeches;
• Assist in the preparation of national and regional technical assistance workshops, meetings, high-level events and conferences;
• Attend and take notes at meetings, as required; and
• Perform other tasks, as necessary.

• To qualify for an internship with the United Nations Internship Programme, the following conditions must be met:
  • (a) be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher);
  • (b) be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor's level or equivalent); or
  • (c) have recently graduated with a university degree (as defined above).
• Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience. However, a field of study that is closely related to the type of internship that you are applying for is required.
• Be computer literate in standard software applications;
• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. Fluency in spoken and written English is required for the internship. Knowledge of an additional official UN language is an advantage. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish are the official languages of the United Nations Secretariat.