¡°Terrorism in all its forms and manifestations remains a global challenge. It causes lasting damage to individuals, families and communities. These scars run deep, and while they may fade with time, they never disappear.¡± - Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Secretary-General, Ant¨®nio Guterres While more countries are affected by¡
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Photo/Mark Garten | Secretary-General Ant¨®nio Guterres speaks to terror victim Sayad Mushtaq Hussaini (left) at a multimedia exhibition to mark the first International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to Victims of Terrorism, NY, August 2018. Victims of terror attacks have an important and¡
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Photo/Eskinder Debebe | Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Secretary-General Ant¨®nio Guterres. With new solutions proposed, and new partnerships established, the United Nations Secretary-General told delegates from Member States attending the first ever High-Level Conference on Counter-Terrorism, that he was committed to¡
Heads of counter-terrorism agencies from across the world will be meeting at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Headquarters in New York next week for the first time, to pool expertise, resources and ideas to fight back against the growing scourge of international terrorism. Elena Vapnitchnaia asked the Under-Secretary-General of¡
The 16th Advisory Board meeting of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCCT) took place in Riyadh on 17 April in the presence of the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ant¨®nio Guterres and the Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, His Excellency Mr. Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir¡
Monday, 12 March 2018 - 9:00am On 12 March 2018, on the occasion of the 62nd Commission on the Status of Women, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Office of Counter-Terrorismand Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Women organized a panel discussion on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy: Advancing Women¡¯s Leadership and Participation. The panel¡
On 12 March 2018, on the occasion of the 62nd Commission on the Status of Women, the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵOCT) and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Women organized a panel discussion on the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy: Advancing Women¡¯s Leadership and Participation. The panel¡
The prospect of non-State actors, including terrorist groups and their supporters, gaining access to and using weapons and materials of mass destruction is a serious threat to international peace and security. The international community must be ready to respond to an attack involving the use of¡
Friday, 22 September 2017 - 12:00am Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Photo/Rick Bajorna | Meeting at the level of ministers for foreign affairs, the Security Council unanimously adopts resolution 2309 (2016) on aviation security and safety. The global aviation system is of vital importance to economic development and prosperity¡
Thursday, 14 September 2017 - 12:00am Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵODC | Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Office on Drugs and Crime (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵODC) Executive Director Yury Fedotov (centre) participated in a special event in Vienna on 14 September 2017 for Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵODC¡¯s 20th anniversary. Marking the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations Office¡
Wednesday, 13 September 2017 - 12:00am OCHA/Ivo Brandau | At the site for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Mellia, Chad. While the efforts of the Governments in Africa's Lake Chad Basin have diminished Boko Haram's combat capacity in the region, the terrorist group has changed its tactics¡
Tuesday, 15 August 2017 - 12:00am OCHA/Ivo Brandau | At the site for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Mellia, Chad. The joint task force by the so-called Group of Five (G5) ¨C Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger ¨C to tackle the threat of terrorism in Africa's Sahel region is now¡
