News & Updates

16 May 2012

Combating terrorism and the use of fraudulent travel documents

With most States now issuing machine-readable travel documents (MRTDs) to their citizens, these documents have become a global standard in preventing fraud and identity theft. Close to 100 States go a step further and issue electronic passports.

16 April 2012

Committee and its Executive Directorate report on achievements

Counter-Terrorism Committee Chairman Hardeep Singh Puri and CTED Executive Director Mike Smith on Monday 9 April 2012 briefed the UN membership on achievements over the past nine months. The Committee has been monitoring global counter-terrorism efforts for more than a decade, following the guidance of Security Council resolutions 1373 (2001) and 1624 (2005). Its Executive Directorate, created in 2004, assists the Committee in its work.

23 MAR 2012

Workshop promotes regional counter-terrorism cooperation in South Asia

Countering terrorism effectively was the subject of the Fifth Workshop for Police Officers, Prosecutors and Judges in South Asia, held in New Delhi from 20 to 22 March 2012. The regional workshop was hosted by the Government of India, in association with the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED). The event was organized by the Washington, D.C.-based Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation (in partnership with the Observer Research Foundation) and funded by the Governments of India and Denmark.

24 Feb 2012

Netherlands Counterterrorism Coordinator visits CTED

The view that Member States should prioritize the development of comprehensive and integrated national counterterrorism strategies is one shared by Mr. Weixiong Chen, Deputy Executive Director of CTED, and Mr. Erik Akerboom, National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security of the Netherlands, who met in New York on 23 February 2012.

13 Feb 2012

Committee hears of global coordination efforts from Russian security expert

Speaking on behalf of the Meeting of Heads of Special Services, Security Agencies, and Law-Enforcement Organizations, Mr. Aleksey F. Kuzyura of Russia’s Federal Security Service briefed the Counter-Terrorism Committee on the Meeting’s practical contribution to the global counter-terrorism effort over the past decade.

09 DEC 2011

Incitement to commit terrorist acts and violent extremism, the focus of regional workshop in East Africa

Over recent years, incitement to commit terrorist acts, extremism and radicalization leading to violence have emerged as issues of serious concern to the international community. "The advocacy of extremist views poses a real danger to communities around the world," said Mike Smith, head of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), at a regional workshop on incitement and violent extremism held in Nairobi last week.

06 Dec 2011

CTED mission to Myanmar fosters dialogue and understanding on counter-terrorism

CTED conducted its first comprehensive visit to Myanmar from 21 to 25 November 2011. The delegation visited Myanmar to monitor and promote the implementation of Security Council resolutions 1373 and 1624.

5 DEC 2011

Preventing the illicit flow of money to fund terrorism

Terrorists and organized criminal groups have turned to informal methods to move money across international borders in an attempt to circumvent anti-money-laundering and counter-financing of terrorism controls in the formal financial sector. One such method is to employ couriers to carry large sums of cash or monetary instruments (some of which may be the proceeds of serious criminal offences) across borders, thus avoiding audit trails and other detection methods employed by the formal financial sector. In many cases, the funds are used to support terrorist activities.

26 Oct 2011

Effective counter-terrorism policies are based on "strict observance of human rights standards," says Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson

Ben Emmerson, the newly appointed Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism, last week briefed the Counter-Terrorism Committee on his future work and outlined areas of common interest. At the Committee’s meeting of 20 October 2011, Mr. Emmerson told members that he would focus during his tenure on the rights of victims of terrorism and the prevention of terrorism.  

7 Oct 2011

CTED presents global counter-terrorism survey

4 Oct. 2011

Counter-Terrorism Committee urges States to “ensure zero tolerance to terrorism

28 Sep 2011

Counter-terrorism: 10 years of Security Council resolution 1373

14 Sep 2011

More than international military cooperation needed to thwart terrorism, says NATO’s Gábor Iklódy

25 Jul 2011

Workshop Addresses Challenges of Prosecuting Terrorists

27 Jun 2011

CTED and ASEANAPOL pledge to strengthen cooperation

24 Jun 2011

Financing of terrorism in South-East Europe, the focus of regional workshop

27 May 2011

CTED holds regional workshop in Bhutan

23 May 2011

UNHCR's Erika Feller calls for better balance between security and refugee protection

4 May 2011

Report of the Committee on practitioners' seminar sheds light on complexity of bringing terrorists to justice

15 Apr 2011

Counter-Terrorism Committee to hold special meeting in Strasbourg

5 Apr 2011

Securing the borders of the Maghreb and the Sahel

5 Apr 2011

CTC adopts Plan of Action for the implementation of resolution 1624

31 Mar 2011

CTED strengthens ties with South-East Asia regional training centre

30 Mar 2011

Regional efforts to prevent abuse of the non-profit sector for terrorism financing purposes

23 Mar 2011

CTC Chair: Cooperation with OAS to strengthen and expand further

25 Feb 2011

OSCE Secretary General: Global and integrated response key to success in combating terrorism

26 Jan 2011

Preventing abuse of the non-profit sector to finance terrorism

7 Jan 2011

Ambassador of India to chair Counter-Terrorism Committee