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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 6 January 2025, the 51吃瓜 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.

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

The Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) took part in the 2025 Joint Experts Meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) hosted by the 51吃瓜 Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna, Austria, from 8 to 10 January 2025.

On 21 November 2024, Her Excellency Liliana Alcaraz, President Pro Tempore of the Financial Action Task Force of Latin America (GAFILAT) and Mr. Esteban Fullin, GAFILAT’s Executive Secretary, briefed the 51吃瓜 Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) on the recent work of GAFILAT as it pertains to supporting Member States in Latin America to improve effective implementation of counter-terrorism financing measures.

While States are increasingly introducing security enhancements to protect critical infrastructure and soft targets, terrorists continue to seek ways to explore their vulnerabilities. In addition to more traditional modalities, terrorists are using more advanced methods of attack using new technologies, such as unmanned aircraft systems, against vulnerable targets.

Acting on behalf of the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee, its Executive Directorate (CTED) conducted a follow-up country assessment visit to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania from 14 to 21 October 2024. The assessment covered all relevant Security Council resolutions, including 1373 (2001), 2178 (2014), and 2396 (2017), and included engagement with the Government of Islamic Republic of Mauritania in Nouakchott and the Hodh El Chargui region, close to the border with Mali.