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On Monday, 29 April 2024, the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) convened an open meeting to discuss strategies for building community resilience against radicalization to terrorism.

In his opening statement, H.E. Amb. Amar Bendjama, Chair of the CTC, noted that “effective counter-terrorism measures require a multi-dimensional approach that goes beyond purely security-focused responses,” and highlighted the importance of addressing underlying drivers that fuel radicalization to violence, including social, economic, and political grievances.

From 18 to 22 March 2024, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), conducted on behalf of the Committee its first focused visit to Montenegro. CTED conducts these visits to assess Member States’ counter-terrorism efforts, including progress made, good practices, remaining challenges, and priority areas for technical assistance needs related to the effective implementation of the relevant Security Council resolutions.

The visits remain one of the key channels of the Counter-Terrorism Committee to engage and conduct a constructive dialogue with Member States with a view to achieving effective and comprehensive implementation of the relevant Security Council resolutions on counter-terrorism.

On 4 March 2024, CTED hosted an important discussion on the latest trends and shifts in the use of different types of virtual assets by terrorist groups affiliated with Da’esh (ISIL) / Al-Qaida and their supporters, including for their fundraising campaigns. The briefing offered Member States practical insights into how virtual assets are used for terrorism financing purposes, and how related technologies, including blockchain analytics, can help detect and suppress such abuses.

Research is essential in ensuring the evidence-based design of counter-terrorism policies. To facilitate this, the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) coordinates the Global Research Network (GRN), an informal group of more than one hundred organizations from across the globe who conduct research into trends and developments in terrorism, countering terrorism and countering violent extremism conducive to terrorism.

On 8 February 2024, CTED convened almost 20 top experts representing multiple key sectors willing to work together in trusted partnerships to counter the threat of terrorism financing in an effective, risk-based, responsible and well-informed manner. The event, held in a hybrid format, was attended by over 200 professionals from across the world, and shed light on a series of practical proposals on how to enhance public-private sectors cooperation on CFT, as well as what pitfalls to avoid.

The crowdfunding market is experiencing significant growth worldwide. And while most crowdfunding activity is legitimate and may serve an important public benefit, there are significant risks for misuse for terrorist financing. Indeed, groups including ISIL (Da’esh), Al Qaida and their affiliates, and other terrorist groups have exploited crowdfunding to raise money to fund their activities.

On 21 December 2023 representatives from the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) briefed the UN Security Council’s Counter Terrorism Committee. The delegation, consisting of the Canadian Co-Chair, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister of Finance, Julien Brazeau, and the APG Executive Secretary, Gordon Hook, provided a briefing on the range of CFT efforts taken by the APG over the last five years to address regional terrorism financing issues.