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H.E. Ambassador Amar Bendjama, Permanent Representative of Algeria to the United Nations, and Chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, addresses the open briefing of the Counter-Terrorism Committee on ¡°South-East European Member States¡¯ implementation of the relevant Security Council resolutions and the Committee¡¯s visit recommendations¡± on 28 February 2024. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

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30 August 2024

The Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) conducted a follow-up assessment visit on behalf of the Counter-Terrorism Committee to the United Republic of Tanzania from 19 to 23 August 2024. ?

20 August 2024

On 15 August 2024, Colonel Amanulla Ahmed Rasheed, Director of the National Counter-Terrorism Centre of the Maldives virtually briefed the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC). They are the eleventh Member State to brief the CTC following a visit.?

15 August 2024

From 3 to 4 August 2024, the Beijing Normal University College for Criminal Law Science and School of Law, the Beijing Institute of Technology School of Law and the Renmin University of China Criminal Law Science Research Center co-organized the 11th Contemporary Criminal Law International Symposium on ¡°Combating Financing of Terrorism and Facilitating International Counter-Terrorism Cooperation¡±, in close cooperation with the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED).

09 August 2024

On Thursday, 8 August 2024, the United Nations Security Council was briefed by the Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism and Head of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, and Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), Ms. Natalia Gherman, on the nineteenth 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¡± ().

18 July 2024

On 16 April 2024, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) participated in a regional technology workshop for Latin America in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Organized by the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) and the Federation of Industries of the State of Rio de Janeiro (FIRJAN), the workshop was aimed at local and international technology companies based in the region that were interested in learning more about how terrorist and violent extremist networks exploit digital platforms in Latin America and the ways technology companies are working together to build solutions. This was the first workshop that GIFCT organized in the region.

18 July 2024

The 24th session of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE) of the Organization of American States (OAS) under the presidency of Chile, was hosted in Washington D.C., United States of America, on 24 and 25 April 2024. The plenary was attended (either physically or virtually) by the 34 member States; members of the group, observers, or cooperating and supporting countries; and international and regional organizations, such as the Financial Action Task Force of Latin America (GAFILAT) and the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF).

17 July 2024

On Thursday, 6 June 2024, the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) convened an open meeting to discuss the codification of the terrorist offence in Member State¡¯s domestic criminal law.

In his opening statement, H.E. Ambassador Amar Bendjama, Chair of the CTC, noted that ¡°resolution 1373 (2001), adopted under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, imposed on all States an obligation to establish terrorist acts as serious criminal offences¡­and called upon all States to cooperate in preventing terrorism and in bringing terrorists to justice.¡± He went on to note that the Council has consistently called upon Member States to ensure that measures to counter terrorism comply with international human rights, refugee and humanitarian law.

16 July 2024

On 19 June 2024, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), participated in the United Nations Security Council Arria-formula meeting on ¡°Combating the Rise of Terrorism and Violent Extremism in West Africa and the Sahel.¡± The meeting, held in New York and co-sponsored by the ¡°A3 plus one¡± grouping (Algeria, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, and Guyana), addressed the challenging security situation in the region, as acknowledged by the Security Council in .

15 July 2024

On 15 February 2024, the Security Council held a thematic debate on the ¡°Eighteenth 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 (

03 July 2024

From 24 to 28 June 2024, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) took part in the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Working Groups and plenary meetings held in Singapore under the Presidency of T. Raja Kumar.

27 June 2024

On Friday, 21 June 2024, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) and the Permanent Mission of Algeria to the United Nations co-hosted the launch of two Trends Alerts on counter-terrorism and border management in Africa. The event brought together representatives from governments, international organizations, and civil society to highlight challenges Member States in Africa face in managing their borders in the context of counter-terrorism. It also featured actionable recommendations for enhancing border management across the African continent.

20 June 2024

On Wednesday, 12 June 2024, the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), The Soufan Center, and the Permanent Missions of France and Norway to the United Nations organized a policy event hosted at the Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations.?

07 June 2024

From 4-5 June 2024, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) joined the discussions of the Global Forum on Illicit Financial Flows and Sustainable Development. During the High-Level Panel ¡°Stop the Threat: Current Approaches to Combating Terrorism Financing,¡± CTED briefed participants on the current priority gaps and good practices in implementing measures to counter the financing of terrorism.

05 June 2024

CTED¡¯s new Analytical Brief ¡ª which can be accessed here ¡ª publishes for the first time a summary of the recommendations made by the Committee to Member States. It makes public the considerable guidance that the Committee offers individual States, which when read together, offer a commentary on how to codify the terrorism offense while respecting the principle of legality enshrined in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

29 May 2024

As part of efforts by the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) to encourage stronger accountability and oversight of law enforcement and intelligence activities, CTED facilitated a knowledge-sharing session for 14 officers from the Maldives¡¯ National Integrity Commission (NIC), in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

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