Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵODC | Yury Fedotov (second left), Executive Director of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Office on Drugs and Crime (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵODC), at a special event marking World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. The threat of terrorism has expanded and become increasingly decentralized and diffuse throughout the past 10 years, the top United¡
OCHA/Ivo Brandau | In Tagal, Chad, an IDP community meets under a tree. More than 100 persons had to flee from one of the small islands in Lake Chad after Boko Haram insurgents attacked their village. To bring an end to the Boko Haram threat in the Lake Chad Basin region, affected countries must¡
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Photo/Rick Bajornas | Jean-Paul Laborde, Executive Director of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), briefs press on flow of foreign terrorist fighters and recent terror attacks. With more than 30,000 foreign terrorist fighters from some 100 countries around the world¡
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ General Assembly today adopted a resolution on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Global Counter Terrorism Strategy, with the aim of security peace and prosperity for succeeding generations. The 15-page resolution, adopted by consensus, ¡°calls upon Member States, the United Nations and other appropriate¡
The unprecedented levels of terrorism and violent extremism on a global scale requires balanced implementation of commitments made through collective action, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today emphasized, calling on the international community to act with unity and resolve to address ¡°this major¡
Wednesday, 29 June 2016 - 9:00am Kidnapping for ransom (KFR) is a growing threat, and States in northern, eastern and Sahel regions of Africa, in particular, are witnessing a rise in KFR incidents that could fund terrorist organizations. In order to help address the threat, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCCT has launched a¡
Wednesday, 29 June 2016 - 12:00am Kidnapping for ransom is a growing threat, and States in northern, eastern and Sahel regions of Africa, in particular, are witnessing a rise in KFR incidents that could fund terrorist organizations. In order to help address the threat, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCCT has launched a¡
Children and youth are often the most vulnerable victims of the scourge of radicalization and violence, the President of the United Nations General Assembly emphasized today, urging the international community to advance its own thinking and refine its responses to addressing the challenges of¡
Reaffirming that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security, the United Nations Security Council today requested its main counter-terrorism subsidiary body to present a proposal by 30 April 2017 for a comprehensive¡
The webcast of the event is available on . Check the programme and statements as well as the list of speakers and co-chairs conclusions ( AR- CH- EN- FR- RU- ES), which will be available in the 6 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ official languages shortly. Co-hosted by the Government of Switzerland and the¡
With a ¡°triple peril¡± of environmental degradation, poverty and insecurity facing the Sahel, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today during a visit to Mauritania that improving the situation in the region is a top priority for the United Nations. ¡°You know my dedication to the Sahel,¡± Mr. Ban told¡
Tuesday, 16 February 2016 - 12:00am The deadly links between violent extremism and extreme poverty could be broken through the creation of jobs, a reduction in inequalities and by building just and inclusive societies, the General Assembly heard today. As the Assembly concluded its general debate on¡
