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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵHCR/Bassam Diab | The scale of destruction in Aleppo is massive and heavy equipment is urgently needed to remove debris. A number of ¡°disillusioned and disappointed¡± foreign terrorist fighters left Syria and returned to their countries of origin when they found these groups hardly make good on¡­

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Photo/Kim Haughton | The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Security Council unanimously adopts resolution on preventing terrorists from acquiring weapons. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Security Council today unanimously adopted a resolution aimed at preventing terrorists from acquiring weapons, particularly small arms and light weapons¡­

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵICEF/Sylvain Cherkaoui | Children affected by violence attend temporary schools in the refugee camp of Kabelewa. Forced displacement in the Diffa region, Niger's poorest, is becoming regular and is conducted by the armed group Boko Haram. United Nations Secretary-General Ant¨®nio Guterres has¡­

Wednesday, 21 June 2017 - 9:00am United Nations Secretary-General Ant¨®nio Guterres has appointed Vladimir Ivanovich Voronkov of the Russian Federation as Under-Secretary-General of the newly created United Nations Counter-Terrorism Office as established by the General Assembly resolution 71/291 on¡­

The General Assembly today approved the establishment of a new United Nations office to help Member States implement the Organization's global counter-terrorism strategy. Adopting a consensus resolution, the 193-nation body also welcomed Secretary-General Ant¨®nio Guterres' initiative to transfer¡­

Univocally condemning unlawful destruction and pillaging of cultural heritage such as religious sites and artefacts, the United Nations Security Council today adopted an historic resolution that is expected to strengthen protections for such heritage during armed conflicts where they are most¡­

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Photo/Manuel Elias | Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed talks with delegates prior to Security Council meeting on the Council¡¯s mission to Africa¡¯s Lake Chad Basin. Highlighting the multifaceted nature of the crisis in Africa's Lake Chad Basin, the deputy United Nations chief underlined the¡­

Lorey Campese/UK Mission | The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Security Council meeting with internally displaced persons in northern Cameroon on 3 March 2017. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Security Council is today in Chad, as part of a four-country visit ¡°to shine a spotlight¡± on the ongoing humanitarian challenges in the Lake Chad¡­

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Photo/Eskinder Debebe | Austria¡¯s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, in his role as the chair of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), addresses the Security Council. Multilateral cooperation is the only way to achieve peace, security and stability, and there is no¡­

World Bank/John Hogg | High voltage transmission lines, like these in Lesotho, are a key component in national electrical grids. They also play an important role in energy security by reducing electrical loss in the form of heat. Given the importance of critical infrastructure for a country¡¯s¡­

The terrorist group is on the defensive militarily in several regions, but is also adapting to military pressure by resorting to covert communications such as the ¡®dark web.

Friday, 20 January 2017 - 12:00am Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Photo/Evan Schneider | A wide view of the Security Council meeting on peace consolidation in West Africa. Strongly condemning all terrorist attacks in West Africa, particularly those carried out by Boko Haram militants in the Lake Chad Basin, the United Nations¡­