The Coordination Committee of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact held its fifth meeting on 28 August 2020 to reinforce common action in supporting the balanced implementation of the Un
- News
- News articles
News articles
-
Continued and coherent support to Member States on preventing and countering terrorism is critical during and after COVID-19 crisis
28 August 2020 -
Strengthening global cooperation on counter-terrorism must remain a priority during and after pandemic
24 August 2020With Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) and other terrorist groups attempting to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic for their own ends, the international community must respond with stronger collective action and cooperation, the top UN counter-terrorism official said on Monday.
-
Cross-border links between terrorists, organized crime, underscore need for coherent global response
06 August 2020The nexus between terrorism and organized crime took centre stage in the Security Council on Thursday, with experts raising fresh concerns over opportunistic alliances emerging among belligerents who share a hostility towards national authorities, and seek to exploit vulnerabilities created by th
-
‘Strengthen multilateralism’ to combat global terrorism
10 July 2020Although COVID-19 has tested “national resilience, international solidarity and multilateral cooperation”, we must not “pause our efforts” in the battle against terrorism, the UN counter-terrorism chief said on Friday.
-
Intercommunal violence, terrorist attacks inflame tensions in West Africa
09 July 2020Intercommunal violence and persistent attacks by extremists, continue to undermine peace and security across West Africa, the UN’s top official in the region warned the Security Council on Thursday, calling for sustained engagement with all partners to urgently advance a holistic approach to peac
-
Terrorist groups must not be allowed to exploit ‘fragilities’ caused by global health pandemic
06 July 2020As COVID-19 continues to disrupt the world’s health systems, economies and local communities, the UN Secretary-General on Monday highlighted how the pandemic has laid bare vulnerabilities to “new and emerging forms of terrorism”, such as cyberattacks, bioterrorism and the misuse of digital techno
-
Violent extremism prevention ‘only effective’ if human rights are enshrined
04 March 2020Many global programmes aimed at countering violent extremism have negative impacts on human rights and may even ‘foster radicalization’ rather than preventing it, an independent UN human rights expert warned on Wednesday.
-
UN launches new project to address link between terrorism, arms and crime
21 February 2020Cheap and easily accessible small arms are increasingly becoming the “weapon of choice” for many terrorist groups, the UN counter-terrorism chief told an event on Friday aimed to raise awareness of the nexus between terrorism, organized crime and illicit small arms trafficking.
-
Project addressing the terrorism-arms-crime nexus jointly launched by UNCCT and UNODC
21 February 2020 -
Foreign fighters: ‘One of the most serious dimensions’ in global counter-terrorism struggle
12 February 2020Over the past few years, ISIL and Al-Qaida terrorist fighters have posed an “unprecedented threat to international peace and security”, the UN counter-terrorism chief said on Wednesday in Vienna, at the close of a joint UN- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) regional conf
- 1 of 4
- next ›