Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED)
On 5 and 6 May 2025, the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) in collaboration with the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law’s (IIJ) Counter-Terrorism Platform for Human Rights Engagement (CT PHARE) held a regional event on strengthening oversight and accountability of national security agencies in South and South-East Asia, in Jakarta, Indonesia.
The Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) conducted a follow-up assessment visit on behalf of the Counter-Terrorism Committee to the Republic of Malta from 14 to 18 March 2025. The aim of the visit was to assess Malta’s progress in implementing key counter-terrorism measures in line with Security Council resolution 1373 (2001) and other relevant resolutions.
Acting on behalf of the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee, its Executive Directorate (CTED) conducted a follow-up country assessment visit to the Republic of Cameroon from 17 to 21 March 2025. The assessment covered all relevant Security Council resolutions, including 1373 (2001), 2178 (2014), 2349 (2017) and 2396 (2017), and included engagement with the Government of Cameroon in Yaoundé, as well as in Maroua, Mémé and Méri, in the Far North Region.
St. Julian’s, Malta – 13 March 2025 – In a significant step towards enhancing global counter-terrorism efforts, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) and the Government of Malta successfully organized the United Nations Conference on National and Regional Counter-Terrorism Strategies on 12-13 March 2025 in St. Julian’s, Malta, aimed to promote comprehensive and integrated counter-terrorism strategies in alignment with relevant United Nations General Assembly and Security Council resolutions.
On behalf of the Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) conducted an assessment visit to the Federal Republic of Somalia from 2 to 6 February 2025.
The visiting delegation was led by Marc Porret, CTED Chief of Section for Africa, and consisted of CTED experts as well as experts from the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism; the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; the United Nations Development Programme; the United Nations Mine Action Service; the International Organization for Migration; and the International Criminal Police Organization.
On 13 February 2025, Assistant Secretary-General Natalia Gherman, CTED Executive Director, delivered a lead statement at the ministerial segment of the 4th “No Money for Terror” (NMFT) conference held in Munich, Germany.
Hosted by Germany, the conference addressed key topics such as innovative approaches to multilateral cooperation, digital channels of terrorist financing, the importance of financial inclusion and the risk-based approach, and the nexus between organized crime and terrorism financing.
On Monday, 10 February 2025, Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism and Head of the Office of Counter-Terrorism, Vladimir Voronkov, and Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), Natalia Gherman, briefed the Security Council on the twentieth 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.
On 6 January 2025, the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee adopted the “Non-binding guiding principles on preventing, detecting and disrupting the use of new and emerging financial technologies for terrorist purposes,” to be known and referred to as the “Algeria Guiding Principles.
On Thursday, 23 January 2025, the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) presented its Analytical Brief, “Weapons management challenges in the context of terrorism and counter-terrorism in Africa” during an event co-hosted with the African Union at its Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations in New York. This publication highlights critical vulnerabilities in weapons management across Africa and their impact on counter-terrorism efforts.
At the Security Council meeting on strengthening African leadership and implementation of counter-terrorism initiatives on 21 January 2025, the Minister of State, Minister for Foreign Affairs, National Community Abroad and African Affairs of Algeria, Mr. Ahmed Attaf, referred to the newly adopted non-binding guiding principles for Member States on preventing, detecting, and disrupting the use of new and emerging financial technologies for terrorist purposes (Algeria Guiding Principles). UN Photo/Manuel Elías