Press Releases
Kenzo Oshima, (left) Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations, and Security Council President for October, updates the media on the developments in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, at UN Headquarters in New York.
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- ‘Terrorism Thrives Where Borders Are Weakest,’ Secretary-General Tells Security Council Meeting, Urging Help for Affected African States - 13 May 2013
- United Nations Counter-terrorism Effort only as Good as ‘Sum of Its Parts’, Security Council Hears in Briefings by Chairs of Subsidiary Bodies - 10 May 2013
- Although Comprehensive Anti-Terrorism Convention Still Eludes Agreement, Ad Hoc Committee Chair says Willingness to Work Offers Hope - 12 April 2013
- Ad Hoc Committee Negotiating Comprehensive Anti-terrorism Convention Opens One Week Headquarters Session - 8 April 2013
- Secretary-General Urges International Conference on Preventing Terrorism to Ensure Talks Translate into Concrete Actions - 18 March 2013
- United Nations Concludes International Conference to Promote National, Regional Collaboration on Counter-Terrorism - 19 February 2013
- In Security Council, Top Envoy Urges Strong Support for Leaders, Countries of West Africa, as Notable Political Progress Threatened by Mali Crisis, Crime, Terrorism - 25 January 2013
- ‘Nothing Can Justify Terrorism Ever,’ Says Secretary-General, as Security Council Hears from Some 50 Speakers in Day-Long Debate - 15 January 2013
- No Policy to Fight Terrorism Can Succeed without Addressing Conditions Promoting Its Spread, Secretary-General Tells Security Council Debate - 15 January 2013
- Collaboration with Related United Nations Entities Would Make Greater Impact, Secretary-General Stresses to Global Counter-Terrorism Forum - 14 December 2012
- Briefings to Security Council Spotlight Need to Adapt Counter-Terrorism Effort to Ever More Complex Networks Seeking Refuge in Susceptible Regions - 14 November 2012
- Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Terrorist Bombings in Damascus, Concerned Violence Creating Fertile Ground for Terrorism, Criminal Acts of All Kinds - 10 October 2012
- World Faces Complex, Interconnected Threats from Practically Seamless ‘Web of Drugs, Crime and Sometimes Terrorism', Third Committee Told - 10 October 2012
- As Debate Concludes, Delegates Urge Capacity-building Partnerships, Eradication of Root Causes in Fight against Terrorism - 9 October 2012
- Legal Committee Urges Conclusion of Draft Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism - 8 October 2012
- Secretary-General Welcomes Provisional Constitution in Somalia, but Given Today’s Suicide Attacks, Warns Terrorism Must Not Be Allowed to Reverse Gains - 1 August 2012
- General Assembly Renews Commitment to Strengthening 2006 Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, Calls for Stepped Up, Integrated Implementation by Member States - 29 June 2012
- With Global Strategy, Member States Expressed Strong Resolve to Defeat Terrorism; Now Action, Results Needed to Free World from Scourge, General Assembly Told - 28 June 2012
- Secretary-General Urges Counter-terrorism Symposium to Explore How Mass Media Can Foster Understanding, Help Build on Success of De-radicalization Programmes - 27 June 2012
- In Fight against Terrorism Menace, Secretary-General Calls for Strengthened Capacity-Building, Support for Victims Human Face ‘of Our Shared Struggle’ - 7 June 2012
- United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre is Key Tool to Better Tackle, Suppress Terrorism Threat, Secretary-General Tells Advisory Board - 4 June 2012
- Terrorists Exploiting Gaps in State Capacity to Implement Counter-Terrorism Measures, Security Council Told in Briefings by Sanctions Committee Chairs - 10 May 2012
- International Community Must Work as One to Combat Terrorism, Secretary-General Tells Security Council, Voicing Support for New Counter-Terrorism Coordinator - 4 May 2012
- Security Council, Highlighting Changing Nature, Character of Scourge of Terrorism, Says Can Be Defeated Only by Sustained, Global Approach, in Presidential Statement - 4 May 2012
- Security Council, Highlighting Threat from Terrorism, Illicit Nuclear Trafficking, Reaffirms Need for Compliance with Arms Control, Non-Proliferation Commitments - 19 April 2012
- United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre Holds First Advisory Board Meeting - 5 April 2012
- Security Council Presidential Statement Calls for System-wide UN Action to Combat Transnational Crime Drug Trafficking, Piracy, Terrorism in West Africa, Sahel - 21 February 2012
- Spiking Arms Proliferation, Organized Crime, Terrorism Part of Fallout from Libyan Crisis Afflicting Sahel, Security Council Told - 26 January 2012
- Reduced Arms Flow Will Help Combat Piracy, Cross-border Threats, Terrorism, Secretary-General Tells Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa - 8 December 2011
- Success of Efforts in Central Asia to Counter Terrorism Can Inspire Other Regions, Give Practical Meaning to Global Strategy, Says Secretary-General - 29 November 2011
- Security Council Hears Briefings by Committees Charged with Defeating Terrorism, Including Preventing Non-State Actors from Acquiring Mass Destruction Weapons - 14 November 2011
- Current Discussion on Measures against International Terrorism Ends in Legal Committee; Form of Possible Convention Remains Issue - 9 November 2011
- General Assembly’s Legal Committee Is Told Global Convention Needed against Terrorism Since No Country Immune; Final Action Urged - 4 October 2011
- Events of 11 September 2001 Noted by General Assembly’s Legal Committee as Framework for Debate on Measures against International Terrorism - 3 October 2011
- Secretary-General, at Event Commemorating Counter-Terrorism Resolution, Stresses Continuing Threat, Importance of Engagement by Security Council - 28 September 2011
- Seek Synergies to Help Build Law-Enforcement Capacity, Improve Criminal-Justice Systems, Secretary-General Urges Global Counter-Terrorism Forum - 22 September 2011
- Preventive Diplomacy Encompasses More than Conflict, Secretary-General Tells International Meeting on Security Issues, Citing Terrorism, Organized Crime - 21 September 2011
- United Nations, Government of Saudi Arabia Agree to Establish Centre for Counter-Terrorism - 21 September 2011
- Secretary-General Hails Symposium on International Counter-Terrorism Cooperation as Recognition that States ‘Are All in this Fight Together’ - 19 September 2011
- All People Must Stand against Terrorism, Says Secretary-General in Commemoration Message for Tenth Anniversary of 11 September Attacks on United States - 12 September 2011
- General Assembly President, at Commemoration of 11 September 2001 Attacks, Urges Member States to Work for Convention on Terrorism during Upcoming Session - 9 September 2011
- Secretary-General Highlights Challenges of Terrorism, Climate Change, Violence against Women, at State Governor’s Reception in Australia - 7 September 2011
- Dialogue, Understanding Best Possible Option in Quest for Solutions to Terrorism, Secretary-General Tells International Conference - 28 June 2011
- In Move Designed to Keep Pace with Evolving Security Situation in Afghanistan, Defeat Terrorism, Security Council Splits Al-Qaida, Taliban Sanctions Regime - 17 June 2011
- Secretary-General Praises Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Commitment to Fighting Drug-Trafficking, Terrorism, in Message to Heads of State - 15 June 2011
- Anti-Terrorism Committees Must Continue to Strengthen Efforts, Despite Death of Osama Bin Laden, Security Council Told - 16 May 2011
- Secretary-General, Calling Osama bin Laden’s Death ‘Watershed Moment’, Pledges Continuing United Nations Leadership in Global Anti-Terrorism Campaign - 2 May 2011
- Chairman of Ad Hoc Committee Negotiating Comprehensive Anti-Terrorism Convention Describes ‘Good Progress’ Made in Past Few Years, as Current Session Concludes - 15 April 2011
- Ad Hoc Committee Negotiating Comprehensive Anti-Terrorism Opens One-Week Headquarters Session - 11 April 2011
- Strongly Condemning Assassination of Pakistan’s Minister for Minority Affairs, Secretary-General Encourages Government to Continue Fight against Terrorism - 2 March 2011