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Michèle Coninsx

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  1. “We must continue to encourage the identification of shared, global priorities based on universal values of justice, equality and human dignity. That can be achieved only through a comprehensive, coordinated One United Nations approach aimed at assisting Member States to develop and implement effective counter- terrorism measures while also addressing conditions conducive to terrorism and violent extremism. CTED stands ready to continue to fulfil its unique and vital role in ensuring that approach based on its assessments, dialogue with Member States, partnerships and analysis and expertise.”

    2021-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/140 (2021) · source

  2. “TCAP alerts serve more than 60 small-to-large technology companies, representing the full ecosystem of companies whose services have been misused by ISIL. Despite the significant progress achieved in recent years, ISIL and its affiliates remain a continuing threat. Extreme right-wing or racially and ethnically motivated terrorism is also a cause of increasing concern in many parts of the world and is characterized by increasing global interconnectedness, lethality and transnational linkages. The COVID-19 pandemic will likely continue to present the international community with significant and multifaceted challenges, including in relation to counter-terrorism. Even though international focus has rightly shifted to addressing the virus, we must be careful not to jeopardize the success we have achieved in countering terrorism.”

    2021-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/140 (2021) · source

  3. “CTED also recently launched an initiative within the Global Counter- Terrorism Coordination Compact framework to produce guidance for States on how to counter the financing of terrorism in full compliance with international human rights law. That will include inputs from all stakeholders concerned, especially our civil society partners. Recognizing that technology remains a significant force-multiplier for terrorist groups — including their recruitment, propaganda, communication and fundraising — CTED has also continued to deepen its engagement with the technology sector. In November, the CTED-supported Tech Against Terrorism initiative launched a beta version of its Terrorist Content Analytics Platform (TCAP) — a centralized platform designed to help technology companies identify the use of their services for terrorist purposes.”

    2021-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/140 (2021) · source

  4. “CTED’s analysis indicates that the financial impact of COVID-19 may make terrorist groups more reliant on criminal activities, including drug smuggling, trafficking minerals and precious stones, fraud, cybercrime and the sale of counterfeit medicines. Starting this year, CTED will also produce annual assessments of gaps identified and areas requiring more action in relation to States’ implementation of the counter-terrorism financing provisions of the relevant Council resolutions. Our aim is to assist UNOCT and other United Nations entities to design targeted technical assistance and capacity-building efforts.”

    2021-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/140 (2021) · source

  5. “CTED has continued to strengthen its dialogue with 14 Member States particularly impacted by the foreign terrorist fighters phenomenon in order to develop their capacities in the areas of border management, law enforcement and firearms control through its unique role in leading deep-dive assessment missions within the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact framework, coordinated by UNOCT. Our work with UNOCT to facilitate the delivery of technical assistance for capacity-building, as a follow-up to CTC assessment visits, also includes playing a key role in the One United Nations approach missions, which are conducted under the United Nations Countering Terrorist Travel Programme to help States develop advance passenger information and Passenger Name Record systems to prevent terrorist movements.”

    2021-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/140 (2021) · source

  6. “That initiative, which is supported by the Government of the United Kingdom and Japan, will identify good practices to be disseminated throughout South and South-East Asia. CTED’s ongoing efforts to help Member States review and update their national legislation have strengthened their ability to bring terrorists to justice while protecting and promoting international law, in particular international human rights law and international humanitarian law. Working in cooperation with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and in consultation with other relevant stakeholders, CTED is also currently preparing a thematic study of the links between counter-terrorism frameworks and international humanitarian law with a view to raising awareness of the complexity of this issue, as well as the urgent need to address it.”

    2021-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/140 (2021) · source

  7. “Under the guidance of the CTC, CTED plans to conduct a hybrid follow-up assessment visit to Iraq and other neighbouring States. That will allow us to identify challenges that still need to be addressed in order to effectively counter the evolving threat in the region. CTED also continues to prioritize the Committee’s recommendations to Member States on dealing with returning and relocating foreign terrorist fighters formerly associated with ISIL. We recently launched a joint initiative with the Government of Indonesia, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and UNOCT on strengthening supervision and community-based treatment for the rehabilitation and reintegration of terrorist and violent extremist defendants and offenders.”

    2021-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/140 (2021) · source

  8. “As the terrorist threat has evolved, so too has the response of the United Nations. That response has been driven by the Security Council’s adoption of a number of resolutions that have consistently emphasized the need for enhanced international cooperation and coordination, as well as the need to ensure a human rights-compliant, gender-sensitive approach to counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism. CTED has played a unique role in supporting the efforts of Member States to implement those resolutions through its engagement and dialogue with Member States, United Nations agencies and other implementing partners — in recent months primarily via online tools, of course. The Secretary-General’s report makes clear that Iraq and the Syrian Arab Republic remain ISIL’s primary focus.”

    2021-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/140 (2021) · source

  9. “States also continue to face significant obstacles to their efforts to ensure accountability for the crimes committed by ISIL and to secure justice and redress for ISIL’s countless victims. COVID-19 has forced many States to delay hearings or extend proceedings, prolonged pretrial detention and caused case backlogs. And this has also prevented the victims of terrorism from gaining access to proceedings. Nonetheless, it is important to reflect on the progress made, both over the past six months and indeed since the Secretary-General’s first report on ISIL (S/2016/92), issued in 2016. Although levels of terrorist violence have ebbed and flowed — and will no doubt continue to do so — there has been a consistent and welcome downward trend over the past five years.”

    2021-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/140 (2021) · source

  10. “CTED’s analysis also indicates that COVID-19 has detracted attention or redirected resources from several long-standing counter-terrorism policy challenges. United Nations entities remain deeply concerned at the dire situation facing hundreds of thousands of individuals — mostly children and women — stranded in camps and prisons in Iraq and the Syrian Arab Republic. These individuals are struggling to meet their day-to-day basic needs because they lack access to food, medicine, hygiene and shelter. COVID-19 has further restricted their access to humanitarian assistance and led to the suspension of protection and support services. However, Member States continue to face challenges in their efforts to repatriate their nationals, including women and men, children and the elderly, from Iraq and the Syrian Arab Republic.”

    2021-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/140 (2021) · source

  11. “In areas of conflict, however, terrorists have typically maintained their ability to travel and operate, despite the pandemic. These conclusions echo the findings of the most recent update of the Counter- Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) on the impact of COVID-19 on terrorism, counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism, which was issued in December 2020. The strength of ISIL’s affiliates in Africa remains a particular concern, as it continues to exacerbate a worsening humanitarian situation in many regions. In an effort to help address this situation, the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and the 1267, 1989, 2253 ISIL/(Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee are planning to hold a joint open briefing later this year on “ISIL in Africa: The nature of the threat and responses”.”

    2021-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/140 (2021) · source

  12. “Transnational terrorism is just one of several overlapping generational challenges facing us — each of which requires a coordinated and multilateral response. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is the most urgent challenge. It has also exacerbated or accelerated many of the underlying issues fuelling the other challenges, leaving us in a precarious situation. As we have heard, in the short term the pandemic does not appear to have increased the threat posed by ISIL or other terrorist groups. Member States’ measures to contain the spread of the virus — such as restrictions on movement and gatherings — continue to make it more difficult for terrorists to travel, gather or access potential target sites outside conflict zones.”

    2021-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/140 (2021) · source

  13. “I thank you for the opportunity to brief the Council on the twelfth report (S/2021/98) of the Secretary-General on the threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the continued efforts of the United Nations and Member States to counter the threat. I would also like to thank Under-Secretary-General Voronkov for his overview of the report and to commend both the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team of the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015), concerning the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities, for their invaluable contributions to the report. We continue to face a complex and volatile global security landscape.”

    2021-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/140 (2021) · source

  14. “CTED will continue to assist the Committee in its efforts to fulfil the mandates set forth in the relevant Council resolutions and to work closely with States in their implementation efforts, including by promoting the sharing of the best practices and lessons learned over the 20 years since the adoption of resolution 1373 (2001).”

    2021-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/48 (2021) · source

  15. “CTED has gathered a considerable amount of information from Member States about their implementation endeavours, including their progress, their strengths, shortfalls and needs, their capacity to provide assistance to other States in need, and useful experiences to be shared with other States. The Council and the Committee have continued to promote multilateralism and international cooperation as a means to strengthen national-level institutional capacity. We must continue to pursue a comprehensive, coordinated, One United Nations approach aimed at assisting States to develop and implement effective counter-terrorism measures while also addressing conditions conducive to terrorism and violent extremism.”

    2021-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/48 (2021) · source

  16. “States should also engage all sections of society — including religious, community and women leaders, educators, youth and social workers — in their development of counter-terrorism strategies that are comprehensive and integrated. They must also ensure the effective implementation of their respective national plans and seek to address underlying grievances, including by focusing on the inclusion of vulnerable communities. Despite the many challenges that it faces, the international community has made significant progress in its efforts to counter and prevent terrorism.”

    2021-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/48 (2021) · source

  17. “Countering the use of the Internet S/2021/48 and other virtual platforms by terrorist groups for recruitment, financing and planning purposes will also remain a priority, as will continued efforts to counter terrorism financing. As emphasized in two recent CTED analytical reports, the coronavirus disease pandemic has further complicated an already challenging threat landscape. As we continue to address existing and emerging challenges, we must also reflect on lessons learned and areas where we can further strengthen our responses. Some States have introduced overly broad domestic counter-terrorism legislation, leading to overreach by State authorities, human rights violations and suppression of dissent. We must ensure that future counter-terrorism policies respect the rule of law and are both human-rights-compliant and gender-sensitive.”

    2021-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/48 (2021) · source

  18. “We have witnessed the dramatic rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant — ISIL, also known as Da’esh — and its subsequent defeat as a territory- holding entity. But we remain aware that ISIL’s destructive legacy will continue to pose challenges as we continue to seek truth and justice for its victims and survivors and address the situation of thousands of ISIL-associated foreign terrorist fighters and their family members. In recent years, ISIL affiliates have emerged, including in South Asia, South- East Asia, the Sahel, the Lake Chad basin and Southern and Eastern Africa. The proliferation of extreme right-wing, or racially and ethnically motivated, terrorism is also a cause of increasing concern.”

    2021-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/48 (2021) · source

  19. “Our numerous partners — including the United Nations Office of Counter- Terrorism and other United Nations entities, international and regional organizations, civil society and the private sector — inform our facilitation of technical assistance delivery, as well as our understanding of trends and developments. Close engagement with the member entities of our Global Research Network enables us to incorporate the latest evidence-based research into our work and publications. Since CTED’s establishment, its mandate has been further expanded and developed by more than 20 additional Security Council resolutions. As we look back over the past two decades, we see evidence of considerable evolution in the terrorist threat.”

    2021-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/48 (2021) · source

  20. “CTED’s mandate includes the following main elements: assessing the implementation of counter-terrorism measures by Member States and recommending ways to address identified implementation gaps, facilitating the delivery of technical assistance and expertise to States as needed with a view to strengthening their counter-terrorism capacities, analysing counter-terrorism trends and developments at the national and global levels as well as promoting effective practices to address new and emerging challenges. CTED’s unique mandate is underpinned by a human-rights-compliant and gender-sensitive framework. Within the framework of our ongoing dialogue with Member States, we also work to enhance international cooperation in countering terrorism.”

    2021-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/48 (2021) · source

  21. “In adopting resolution 1373 (2001), the Council also established the Counter- Terrorism Committee to monitor, promote and facilitate States’ implementation of its provisions. The Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) was established by the Council in its resolution 1535 (2004) as a special political mission to assist the Committee in its work.”

    2021-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/48 (2021) · source

  22. “It is an honour to address the Security Council at today’s event marking the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1373 (2001). The adoption of that resolution, in the wake of the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 against the United States, was a seminal moment at which the Council and the international community acknowledged the severity of the threat posed by transnational terrorism. Over the subsequent two decades, the United Nations has been at the centre of multilateral efforts to combat terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. We must continue to remember and honour all victims and survivors of terrorism, promote their rights and needs and provide them with avenues for healing through justice and support in order to ensure that they obtain truth, justice and dignity.”

    2021-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/48 (2021) · source

  23. “Our determination to ensure justice, equality and human dignity must continue to be the cornerstone of our multilateral counter-terrorism efforts.”

    2020-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/836 (2020) · source

  24. “CTED is committed to continuing dialogue with civil society on issues relating to counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism within a human rights-compliant and gender-sensitive framework. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will undoubtedly make our already complex task even more difficult. But the pandemic has also given us an opportunity to question the status quo. We should continue to use this opportunity to review and strengthen our counter-terrorism and counter-violent extremism approaches. We must collectively uphold our shared principles of a rule of law-based international order and develop human rights-compliant and gender-sensitive policies, practices and whole-of-society approaches.”

    2020-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/836 (2020) · source

  25. “We continue to share our insights through our regular stream of publications, including our recent analysis of the potential short- and long-term impacts of COVID-19 on terrorism and counter-terrorism. In June, pursuant to resolution 2462 (2019), CTED and the Monitoring Team produced a joint report on counter-financing of terrorism (S/2020/493, annex), based on responses from 112 Member States. The report was followed by a closed briefing S/2020/836 of the Council. In July, we conducted a virtual global consultation with over 15 civil society organizations on counter-financing of terrorism and its implications for human rights, in accordance with resolution 2462 (2019).”

    2020-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/836 (2020) · source

  26. “CTED and UNOCT have held joint consultations with Member States and experts on the use of biometric technologies for pandemic-related measures, aimed at ensuring their compliance with international human rights law. We have deepened our engagement with our partners on the ground, particularly the United Nations resident coordinators and country teams in assessed Member States. This has helped us integrate local, national and regional developments into our analysis of key trends and our facilitation of technical assistance, which will in turn translate into more effective and impactful counter-terrorism and counter-violent extremism outcomes.”

    2020-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/836 (2020) · source

  27. “Acting on behalf of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, we have enhanced our desk- based stocktaking of Member States’ activities and assisted the Committee in adopting an updated country visit framework, as well as the annual list of briefings and meetings for the Committee and the wider membership. Under the United Nations Countering Terrorist Travel Programme, CTED and its partners have conducted virtual deep-dive missions for Botswana and Côte d’Ivoire and developed Advance Passenger Information and Passenger Name Records implementation road maps for both States. CTED also led a virtual deep- dive mission for Botswana with its partners on enhancing the capacity to counter terrorism using National-Level Interagency Coordination Mechanism Fusion Cells.”

    2020-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/836 (2020) · source

  28. “Despite its significant loss of territory, ISIL continues to pose a threat, not only in the Middle East but also in the newer battlegrounds of South and South- East Asia, the Lake Chad basin and the Sahel. We are closely following the current political crisis in Mali and hoping for the restoration of the rule of law in order for the country to continue its fight against the rise of the terrorist threat. Our response to this enduring transnational challenge must be a multilateral one, rooted in enhanced information-sharing and international cooperation. CTED has innovated its working methods in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and maintained business continuity, despite the challenging circumstances.”

    2020-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/836 (2020) · source

  29. “Within the framework of the Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact, CTED continues to engage with States, including in partnership with the Government of Iraq, on their development of comprehensive and integrated counter-terrorism strategies that engage a wide range of stakeholders. States should introduce innovative and practical counter-terrorism measures, strengthen existing partnerships and ensure that victims’ rights are respected. I welcome the adoption, in March, of the Interfaith Statement on the Victims of ISIL by the leadership of religious authorities in Iraq, which aims to secure justice and accountability and protect the rights of victims and survivors of ISIL.”

    2020-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/836 (2020) · source

  30. “Pandemic-related restrictions, including social isolation measures, curtailed religious and cultural activities and lack of employment opportunities, may exacerbate existing grievances, particularly in societies facing endemic conflicts.With people spending more time online, ISIL and its affiliates are taking the opportunity to accelerate the spread of their toxic propaganda via digital platforms, including gaming platforms. Member States must ensure that policies adopted to curtail the spread of terrorist narratives and misinformation are human rights- compliant and gender-sensitive. A whole-of-society approach, based on consultations with relevant stakeholders, including civil society organizations, academia, think tanks, religious actors and community leaders, is more crucial than ever.”

    2020-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/836 (2020) · source

  31. “Some States have repatriated their citizens despite the additional challenges posed by COVID-19. Some States are also making progress in prosecuting ISIL returnees for terrorism-related offences, sometimes cumulatively with war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. This may help provide justice to the victims of ISIL. States should continue to improve the collection and sharing of admissible, terrorism-related information and evidence by the military, in compliance with international human rights law and international humanitarian law. CTED is working in partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and UNOCT, under the Global PRR Initiative, to explore approaches to rehabilitation and reintegration in various settings.”

    2020-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/836 (2020) · source

  32. “Every additional day that they spend in the camps will increase the risk that they will suffer irreparable psychosocial damage. Last month, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) published an analytical brief on the prosecution of ISIL-associated women, highlighting the gender-specific challenges encountered by States in the investigation and prosecution, rehabilitation and reintegration (PRR) of women returnees. Women remain the group with the lowest rate of return from the conflict zone. We cannot allow these women to become the forgotten demographic. There is an urgent need to institutionalize comprehensive, tailored and gender- sensitive prosecution, rehabilitation and reintegration strategies and to provide States with the required technical assistance. There have been signs of progress.”

    2020-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/836 (2020) · source

  33. “The resulting period of global uncertainty has exposed existing economic fault lines and social instabilities, and its impact has also been felt across the global security apparatus. As we have heard, the rapidly evolving and deeply uncertain nature of the pandemic makes it difficult to assess its overall impact on ISIL’s activities. The dire situation faced by thousands of ISIL-associated women and children in the detention camps of north-eastern Syria remains a major challenge for the international community. The COVID-19 pandemic risks exacerbating an already untenable humanitarian, human rights and security situation. Indefinite detention is legally unjustifiable and has significant security and moral implications. The detained children remain the most vulnerable group.”

    2020-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/836 (2020) · source

  34. “I thank you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on the eleventh report of the Secretary-General (S/2020/774) on the threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the continued efforts of the United Nations and Member States to counter the threat. I would also like to thank Under-Secretary-General Voronkov for his overview of the report and to commend both the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team pursuant to resolutions 1526 (2004) and 2253 (2015), concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and the Taliban and associated individuals and entities, for their invaluable contributions to the report. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is one of the greatest challenges faced by the United Nations in its 75-year history.”

    2020-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/836 (2020) · source