Monday, 12 March 2018 - 9:00am On 12 March 2018, on the occasion of the 62nd Commission on the Status of Women, the UN Office of Counter-Terrorismand UN Women organized a panel discussion on the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy: Advancing Women’s Leadership and Participation. The panel…
On 12 March 2018, on the occasion of the 62nd Commission on the Status of Women, the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and UN Women organized a panel discussion on the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy: Advancing Women’s Leadership and Participation. The panel…
The prospect of non-State actors, including terrorist groups and their supporters, gaining access to and using weapons and materials of mass destruction is a serious threat to international peace and security. The international community must be ready to respond to an attack involving the use of…
Friday, 22 September 2017 - 12:00am UN Photo/Rick Bajorna | Meeting at the level of ministers for foreign affairs, the Security Council unanimously adopts resolution 2309 (2016) on aviation security and safety. The global aviation system is of vital importance to economic development and prosperity…
Thursday, 14 September 2017 - 12:00am UNODC | UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Yury Fedotov (centre) participated in a special event in Vienna on 14 September 2017 for UNODC’s 20th anniversary. Marking the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations Office…
Wednesday, 13 September 2017 - 12:00am OCHA/Ivo Brandau | At the site for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Mellia, Chad. While the efforts of the Governments in Africa's Lake Chad Basin have diminished Boko Haram's combat capacity in the region, the terrorist group has changed its tactics…
Tuesday, 15 August 2017 - 12:00am OCHA/Ivo Brandau | At the site for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Mellia, Chad. The joint task force by the so-called Group of Five (G5) – Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger – to tackle the threat of terrorism in Africa's Sahel region is now…
UNHCR/Bassam Diab | The scale of destruction in Aleppo is massive and heavy equipment is urgently needed to remove debris. A number of “disillusioned and disappointed” foreign terrorist fighters left Syria and returned to their countries of origin when they found these groups hardly make good on…
UN Photo/Kim Haughton | The UN Security Council unanimously adopts resolution on preventing terrorists from acquiring weapons. The United Nations Security Council today unanimously adopted a resolution aimed at preventing terrorists from acquiring weapons, particularly small arms and light weapons…
UNICEF/Sylvain Cherkaoui | Children affected by violence attend temporary schools in the refugee camp of Kabelewa. Forced displacement in the Diffa region, Niger's poorest, is becoming regular and is conducted by the armed group Boko Haram. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has…
Wednesday, 21 June 2017 - 9:00am United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Vladimir Ivanovich Voronkov of the Russian Federation as Under-Secretary-General of the newly created United Nations Counter-Terrorism Office as established by the General Assembly resolution 71/291 on…
The General Assembly today approved the establishment of a new United Nations office to help Member States implement the Organization's global counter-terrorism strategy. Adopting a consensus resolution, the 193-nation body also welcomed Secretary-General António Guterres' initiative to transfer…