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18 February 2025

On behalf of the Security Council¡¯s Counter-Terrorism Committee, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) conducted an assessment visit to the Federal Republic of Somalia from 2 to 6 February 2025.

The visiting delegation was led by Marc Porret, CTED Chief of Section for Africa, and consisted of CTED experts as well as experts from the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism; the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; the United Nations Development Programme; the United Nations Mine Action Service; the International Organization for Migration; and the International Criminal Police Organization.

12 February 2025

On Monday, 10 February 2025, Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism and Head of the Office of Counter-Terrorism, Vladimir Voronkov, and Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), Natalia Gherman, briefed the Security Council on the twentieth 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.

29 January 2025

On 6 January 2025, the United Nations 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.

28 January 2025

On Thursday, 23 January 2025, the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) presented its Analytical Brief, ¡°Weapons management challenges in the context of terrorism and counter-terrorism in Africa¡± during an event co-hosted with the African Union at its Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations in New York. This publication highlights critical vulnerabilities in weapons management across Africa and their impact on counter-terrorism efforts.

21 January 2025

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.

17 January 2025

The Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) has published an Analytical Brief entitled ¡°Weapons management challenges in the context of terrorism and counter-terrorism in Africa.¡±

14 January 2025

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 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna, Austria, from 8 to 10 January 2025.

06 January 2025

The Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) conducted a follow-up assessment visit on behalf of the Counter-Terrorism Committee to Turkmenistan from 9 to 13 December 2024. 
The visiting delegation was led by Assistant Secretary-General Natalia Gherman, Executive Director of CTED, and consisted of CTED experts as well as experts from the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism; the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL); and the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism. Mr. Kaha Imnadze, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNRCCA, joined parts of the high-level segment of the visit at the invitation of the Executive Director of CTED.  

23 December 2024

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 United Nations 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.

16 December 2024

From 19¨C21 November 2024, the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) took part in a regional workshop on the ¡°Human Rights-Compliant Approaches to Countering the Financing of Terrorism and Risk-Based Implementation of FATF Recommendation 8: Preventing terrorism-financing abuse of the non-profit organization sector in South-East Asia¡±, in Cebu, Philippines.