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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.

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.

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.

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.