Direction exécutive du Comité contre le terrorisme (DECT)
New CTED Trends Alert highlights urgent challenges as children face multiple forms of exploitation by terrorist groups.
The Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) has released a new Trends Alert documenting the accelerating exploitation of children by terrorist groups worldwide, with Member States reporting increasing concern about their capacity to protect children who are subjected to multiple forms of physical and psychological harm.
The UN Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) has released its latest thematic assessment, spotlighting persistent gaps in the fight against terrorism financing (TF) in 29 Member States in Africa examined under the reporting period (2024-2025) and identifying their priority areas for technical assistance.
New York, 15 September 2025 – the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) published a report on “Civil society perspectives on national and regional counter-terrorism strategies” summarizing the findings from five virtual round-table discussions on the engagement of civil society organizations (CSO) in counter-terrorism strategies, held in February 2025.
On 3 September 2025, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) held a Technical Knowledge Exchange aimed at informing Member States about current trends, issues and developments relating to terrorism and counter-terrorism in West Africa, particularly the Lake Chad basin region and the Gulf of Guinea.
On 25 and 26 August, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) organized a two-part virtual round-table series with francophone and anglophone countries in West Africa.
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.
A new paper from the United Nations Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), titled CTED Trends Alert: The Weak Link in Border Security – Maritime Borders and Use of Passenger Data, sheds light on emerging vulnerabilities in global border security.
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 Chad from 23 to 27 June 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 Chad in Ndjamena.
A new report by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) highlights persistent and evolving terrorist financing (TF) risks, and aims to help competent national authorities, the private sector, non-profit organisations and other relevant stakeholders better understand the nature of global and context-specific TF threats, and mitigate them more efficiently.
Highlighting that the financing methods used by terrorists vary considerably depending on contextual factors and their target goals, the report offers a granular analysis of the ways in which terrorists exploit vulnerabilities of many economic and non-commercial sectors and services, and reflects on the anticipated evolution of these trends over the next few years, underscoring TF dynamic nature and adaptability.
The Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) conducted a follow-up assessment visit to Norway from 19 to 20 June 2025, on behalf of the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee. The purpose of the visit was to evaluate Norway’s progress in implementing key counter-terrorism measures in line with Council resolution 1373 (2001) and other relevant resolutions.