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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¡­

Thursday, 15 December 2016 - 12:00am Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Photo/Manuel Elias | The Security Council unanimously adopts resolution on reinforcing the preventive system to avoid the use of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) by non-State actors, particularly terrorists. Expressing concern over the threat of terrorism¡­

Wednesday, 14 December 2016 - 12:00am A growing number of United Nations Member States are assessing specific terrorist financing risks and the vulnerability of their financial and economic sectors to terrorist financing. Also Member States that are not at high risk in terms of terrorism more¡­

Thursday, 01 December 2016 - 12:00am Exploitation of the Internet and social media for terrorist purposes can only be defeated through sustained and comprehensive action involving the active participation and collaboration of Member States, international and regional organizations, civil society¡­

Monday, 07 November 2016 - 12:00am Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Photo/Rick Bajornas | General view of the Security Council meeting on the maintenance of international peace and security, and peace operations facing asymmetrical threats. Amid increased attacks from violent extremist and terrorist groups, the United Nations¡­

Sunday, 30 October 2016 - 12:00am Participants at the international conference, Internet and the Radicalization of Youth: Preventing, Acting and Living Together, organized by Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵESCO and the Government of Quebec in Quebec City, Canada, from 30 October to 1 November, have reaffirmed the positive¡­

Wednesday, 26 October 2016 - 12:00am Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵAMA/Fardin Waezi | Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan Pernille Kardel. Following a meeting with Afghan civil society representatives today in Kabul, senior Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ officials stressed that securing women¡¯s rights is essential to strategies that combat¡­

Monday, 24 October 2016 - 12:00am Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Photo/Cia Pak | Special Rapporteur on promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism Ben Emmerson. Presenting his new report to the General Assembly, the United Nations expert on counter-terrorism and human rights has¡­