“The Security Council condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and has insisted on many occasions that any acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivations, wherever, whenever and by whomsoever committed,”
Extreme right-wing terrorism is a transnational challenge.
Security Council Resolution 2395 (2017) reiterates CTED’s essential role of identifying emerging issues, trends and developments relating to the implementation of resolutions 1373 (2001), 1624 (2005), and 2178 (2014) and other relevant resolutions
Security Council Resolution 2395 (2017) reiterates CTED’s essential role of identifying emerging issues, trends and developments relating to the implementation of resolutions 1373 (2001), 1624 (2005), and 2178 (2014) and other relevant resolutions.
Security Council resolution 1373 (2001) requires the Counter-Terrorism Committee to monitor the implementation of its provisions. The Committee is supported in this work by its Executive Directorate (CTED), which implements the Committee’s policy decisions and conducts expert assessments of Member States.
From 2 – 8 June 2020 and 14 – 17 July 2020, the UN Countering Terrorist Travel Programme*, conducted two virtual deep-dive assessment missions to Côte d’Ivoire and Botswana respectively, in the areas of passenger data exchange and countering terrorism.
CTED, the Global Internet Forum to Counter-Terrorism (GIFCT) and its research network – the Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET) – organised three roundtable discussions between 19 August and 2 September.
The COVID-19 pandemic is having wide-ranging and evolving implications across all areas of work of the United Nations - including international peace and security -according to the Secretary-General’s eleventh report on the threat posed by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh).
“Since the previous iteration of the Technical Guide, published in 2017, the Security Council has adopted eight further resolutions on counter-terrorism, which cover a broad range of topics, including, among others, counter-financing of terrorism, the proper use of biometrics, the incorporation of the gender dimension, and countering the abuse of information and communications technologies for terrorist purposes.
In accordance with Security Council resolutions 1373 (2001), 1535 (2004), 1624 (2005), and 2178 (2014), the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) is required to assist the Counter- Terrorism Committee to monitor, facilitate and promote the implementation by Member States of Security Council resolutions 1373 (2001), 1624 (2005) and 2178 (2014).
