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Joint Briefing to the Security Council on the 21st Report of the Secretary-General on the Threat Posed by ISIL (Da’esh)
On 20 August 2025, the Security Council held a thematic debate on the “Twenty first report of the Secretary-General on the threat posed by ISIL (Da’esh) to international peace and security and the range of United Nations efforts in support of Member States in countering the threat (S/2025/496)”. Assistant Secretary-General Natalia Gherman, Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) briefed the Council together with Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov of the Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and the President of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Ms. Elisa de Anda Madrazo.
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This video is a brief examination of how financial flows related to foreign terrorist fighter travel and activities have evolved over the past 10 years, reflecting the changes in their locations and circumstances.
The United Nations Summit of the Future: International peace and security and countering terrorism
The United Nations Summit of the Future will deliver a Pact for the Future that creates a more peaceful world. The pact will include a Global Digital Compact and a Declaration on Future Generations as annexes. One of the key themes of the pact is international peace and security. Action 24 of the Pact for the Future focuses on countering terrorism. This video explores the Counter-Terrorism Committee and its Executive Directorate.
Foreign terrorist fighters
On 24 September 2014, at a meeting held at the level of Heads of State or Government the Security Council unanimously adopted its resolution 2178 (2014) to address the acute and growing threat posed by foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs).
Information and communications technologies
While the general population uses new and emerging technologies (particularly information and communications technologies (ICT) such as the Internet, social media platforms, and other communications applications) primarily for social communications, digital commer
Countering violent extremism and terrorist narratives
The Security Council recognizes that acts of terrorism and violent extremism cannot be prevented or countered through repressive measures alone and has consistently emphasized the need for a comprehensive, whole-of-society, human rights compliant and gender-sensitive approach.
Legal issues
The adoption of Security Council resolution 1373 (2001) introduced a significant new dimension to international counter-terrorism law by requiring all Member States to criminalize various acts associated with terrorism, as well as with the partici
Law enforcement
Member States’ law enforcement agencies must constantly adapt to a global terrorist threat that has evolved significantly over the past decades, both in scale and complexity.
Countering the financing of terrorism
Terrorists require money to operate. Without funding, they cannot purchase weapons, equipment, supplies, or services. The source of terrorist funds may be licit or illicit, and funding often takes the form of multiple small donations, rather than one large sum of money.
Integrating gender into counter-terrorism
The Security Council, the Counter-Terrorism Committee, and the Committee’s Executive Directorate (CTED) have actively promoted the integration of the agendas on Women, Peace and Security (WPS), counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism (CVE).
Human rights
Terrorism poses a serious threat, not only to international peace and security, but also to the enjoyment of human rights and social and economic development.
Border security and arms trafficking
Effective border security and timely information-sharing at the national, regional, and international levels are key in preventing the movement of terrorists and terrorist groups and to the effective implementation of counter-terrorism measures pursuant to Security Council resolution
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