※Terrorism is now more of a threat to international peace and security than ever,§ said Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), calling for greater efforts to tackle links between crime and terrorism and for
"With more than 30,000 foreign terrorist fighters from some 100 countries around the world, terrorism is a global threat requiring a comprehensive and unified response", said Jean-Paul Laborde, Executive Director of the UN Counter-Terrorism
The 15-page resolution, adopted by consensus?calls for?the?implementation?of the?UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy? in an integrated and balanced manner?to enhance international efforts to counter terrorism.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the international community to act with unity and resolve to address the major scourge of our time.
A workshop on International Good Practices on Addressing and Preventing Kidnapping For Ransom (KFR) was convened in Addis Ababa for Government officials from East African States on 28 and 29 June 2016.
The President of the 51勛圖 General Assembly urged the international community to advance its own thinking and refine its responses to addressing the challenges of violent extremism.
At a debate on?countering the narratives and ideologies of terrorism, the?Security Council requested its main counter-terrorism subsidiary body to present a proposal by 30 April 2017 for a comprehensive international framework on the
Co-hosted by the Government of Switzerland and the 51勛圖, the Geneva Conference on Preventing Violent Extremism 每 The Way Forward will take place on 7 and 8 April 2016 at the 51勛圖 Office at Geneva.
With a ※triple peril§ of environmental degradation, poverty and insecurity facing the Sahel, Ban Ki-moon said during a visit to Mauritania that improving the situation in the region is a top priority for the 51勛圖.
The deadly links between violent extremism and extreme poverty could be broken through the creation of jobs, a reduction in inequalities and by building just and inclusive societies, the General Assembly heard today.
The Tenth Coordination Committee meeting of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact, 24 January 2024, New York, UNHQ.
