“Poland appreciates the actions of the UN in the global fight against the terrorist threat”, said Marcin Przydacz, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, during a briefing to the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) on 18 March 2021, about the steps Poland has taken in implementing the CTC’s visit recommendations, as well as [...]
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) and UN Women have published an interview series with members of the Regional Experts Platform on Gender and Countering and Preventing Violent Extremism (CVE/PVE) in North Africa. The interviews explore how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the gendered dimensions of violent extremism [...]
Since 2018, CTED has worked closely together with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT) on a joint initiative entitled “Supporting the Management of Violent Extremist Prisoners (VEPs) and the Prevention of Radicalization to Violence in Prisons”.
On 19 November 2020, the Counter-Terrorism Committee adopted hybrid assessment visits to some Member States, pro tempore, so that the Committee and the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) can, to the extent possible, carry on one of the core functions entrusted to them by the Security Council.
10 February 2021 – The threat posed by ISIL has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, and may rise further in the coming months, according to the 12th, and latest, report of the Secretary-General on the threat posed by ISIL (Da’esh) to international peace and security.
From 18 – 21 January 2021, the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) led a virtual deep-dive assessment mission to Djibouti, in the areas of passenger data exchange and countering
On 28 September 2001, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1373, establishing the basis of the Security Council’s response in countering the terrorist threat. The resolution also established the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) as a subsidiary body of the Council to assess Member States’ compliance with the resolution’s provisions.
On 28 September 2001, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1373, establishing the basis of the Security Council’s response in countering the terrorist threat. The resolution also established the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) as a subsidiary body of the Council to assess Member States’ compliance with the resolution’s provisions.
Today, the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) published a brief overview of the Counter-Terrorism Committee and CTED’s work and activities in 2020. Assessments: • CTED completed 67 Overview of Implementation Assessments & Detailed Implementation Surveys, finishing almost all desk reviews of Member States. • To support UN capacity-building activities, CTED shared [...]
On 9 December 2020, the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) and its partner Tech Against Terrorism hosted a webinar about “Cooperation between the UN and smaller tech platforms in countering use of the Internet for terrorist purposes.”
