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Vladimir Voronkov

lines on the record: 53
first: 2020-08-06
most recent: 2021-02-10
sittings or episodes: 4
sources: un-security-council

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“We must tackle the threat posed by its regional affiliates, especially in Africa. And we must urgently solve the protracted issue of ISIL members, and especially associated women and children stranded in Syria and Iraq, lest our failure enables the group’s resurgence. The United Nations system, working through the Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact, will continue to stand by Member States as they rise to these challenges.”
2021-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/140 (2021) · source
“The programme will assist beneficiary Member States in the development of national strategies and action plans to protect vulnerable targets and provide operational training and mentoring services to support their implementation. In this year of milestones, including the twentieth anniversary of resolution 1373 (2001), the time could not be more relevant for Member States to recommit themselves to multilateral action against terrorism, under the auspices of the United Nations. The Security Council has already led the way. Presidential statement S/ PRST/2021/1, of 12 January, stresses the need “to further strengthen the unified and coordinated international response” to the scourge of terrorism. We must defeat ISIL in cyberspace. We must be prepared to disrupt new attacks by ISIL in different parts of the world.”
2021-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/140 (2021) · source
“Thirdly, we pushed ahead with the implementation of the Global Capacity- Building Programme on Countering Terrorism Financing launched by the Centre in June last year, in response to resolutions 2462 (2019) and 2482 (2019). Virtual training workshops on protecting the non-profit sector from terrorist misuse were successfully organized for Bahrain and Tajikistan. And, fourthly, last month we launched a new Global Programme on Countering Terrorist Threats against Vulnerable Targets, including from unmanned aerial systems, with our partners from CTED, INTERPOL, the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute and the Alliance of Civilizations. This responds to resolution 2341 (2017).”
2021-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/140 (2021) · source
“If so requested, we are also ready to support Mozambique in this area. These efforts fully conform to the requirements of relevant Security Council resolutions, the Madrid Guiding Principles on Foreign Terrorist Fighters and the related addendum. Secondly, we made significant progress in the implementation of the United Nations Countering Terrorist Travel Programme, led by my Office to support Member States in implementing resolutions 2178 (2014), 2396 (2017) and 2482 (2019). The programme used an online assessment methodology developed with CTED to conduct virtual deep-dive assessments to Botswana, Djibouti, the Gambia, Maldives and Sierra Leone. We also delivered the programme’s first two online training courses, in October 2020 for Botswana and in January 2021 for Sierra Leone.”
2021-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/140 (2021) · source
“First, in August 2020, the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre in my Office launched a new Global Framework to coordinate with UNICEF the provision of support from 15 United Nations entities, including CTED, to requesting Member States with regard to individuals returned from or remaining in north-east Syria and Iraq. United Nations entities have already developed a number of field-driven project proposals to implement the Global Framework in Central Asia and Iraq, which recent contributions from donor States are making possible. In September 2020, the Centre also launched a Global Programme on Prosecution, Rehabilitation and Reintegration, in close cooperation with CTED and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, under which we have developed projects to assist Indonesia, Burkina Faso and Lake Chad basin States.”
2021-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/140 (2021) · source
“The involvement of women in suicide bombings has continued, with two such attacks in the Philippines in August 2020. Assistant Secretary-General Coninsx will brief you on the continued support provided by the United Nations system to Member States in addressing the threat posed by ISIL during the COVID-19 pandemic. My Office has continued to innovate and to work closely with all our partners under the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact to ensure business continuity, expanding our support toolbox. I would like to briefly highlight a few key examples.”
2021-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/140 (2021) · source
“In Europe, a string of attacks in France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, partly inspired by ISIL, provided a stark reminder of the diffuse threat from homegrown terrorist attacks by lone actors. The attacks also revived debates in Europe on how to address terrorist radicalization in prisons and ensure effective rehabilitation and reintegration programmes and the monitoring of terrorist offenders upon release from prison. Turning to Asia, ISIL’s affiliate in Afghanistan is assessed to still have between 1,000 and 2,200 fighters spread across several provinces. Despite degraded military capabilities, it has continued to exploit difficulties in the Afghan peace process and claimed a number of high-profile attacks. ISIL also remains resilient in South-East Asia, with a number of factions.”
2021-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/140 (2021) · source
“I encourage them all to share data with the United Nations and their experience with other Member States, so that collectively we resolve this untenable situation. Over the past six months, ISIL was particularly active in a number of African States affected by conflict. Its affiliates in West Africa conducted numerous attacks against the military and civilians at the end of 2020 in the tri-border area between Burkina Faso, Mali and the Niger and in the Lake Chad basin, demonstrating determination and adaptability. The Islamic State Central Africa Province is emerging as a strong regional affiliate, employing sophisticated tactics and capabilities, emboldened by recent operational successes in Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
2021-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/140 (2021) · source
“The group is also aware of the propaganda value of any potential outbreak of COVID-19 and associated unrest in holding facilities. Beyond the humanitarian urgency, the moral imperative and the legal obligations, taking action is a strategic security imperative. So, I would like to reiterate the Secretary-General’s call upon Member States for the voluntary repatriation of adults and children stranded in Iraq and Syria, with the consent of relevant Governments and in line with international law. The efforts of several Member States in that regard are commendable, especially Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and Uzbekistan, which have repatriated hundreds of affected children from north-east Syria. A number of other States, especially European countries, have conducted fewer repatriations. I hope they will actively step up their efforts.”
2021-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/140 (2021) · source
“Nearly two years after the territorial defeat of ISIL, some 27,500 foreign children are still in harm’s way in the camps in north-east Syria, including about 8,000 children from some 60 countries other than Iraq, 90 per cent of whom are under 12 years of age. The significant challenges faced by Member States in ensuring the protection of vulnerable individuals, accountability for terrorist crimes and security are not becoming any less urgent or complex with time, quite the contrary. These challenges and risks are growing more serious with neglect and could have a long-term impact not just in the region, but also globally. In October last year, ISIL reiterated that orchestrating jailbreaks and assisting escapees was a priority.”
2021-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/140 (2021) · source
“They are organized in small cells hiding in desert and rural areas and moving across the border between the two countries, waging attacks. More tragically, the international community has made hardly any progress in addressing the situation of the thousands of individuals, mostly women and children, suspected of having links with ISIL and held in precarious conditions in the region. The already dire humanitarian and security situation in the detention facilities and displacement camps is deteriorating even further, especially in Al-Hol. The most basic of human rights are undermined, and many instances of terrorist radicalization, fund-raising, training and incitement have been reported.”
2021-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/140 (2021) · source
“This could lead to a sudden rash of attacks in some countries when COVID-19-related movement restrictions ease. Meanwhile, the socioeconomic toll and political fallout of the pandemic could further aggravate the longer-term threat posed by ISIL and other terrorist groups by widening the pool of individuals receptive to radicalization and recruitment. ISIL’s primary focus remains resurgence in Iraq and Syria, where the international community continues to grapple with the legacies of the group’s so- called “caliphate”. Some 10,000 ISIL fighters, including foreign terrorist fighters in the low thousands, remain active in the region, the majority of them in Iraq, pursuing a protracted insurgency. These sizable remnants are assessed to pose a major, long- term and global threat.”
2021-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/140 (2021) · source
“Its core in Iraq and Syria and its affiliates in other conflict zones have continued to take advantage of the disruption caused by the virus to step up their operations, with a number of high-profile attacks. ISIL fighters have maintained the ability to move and operate, including across unprotected borders. As ISIL’s regional affiliates entrench themselves and gain in autonomy and strength, they could provide the group new capabilities and options to conduct external operations. Member States warn that ISIL could regain the capacity to orchestrate attacks in different parts of the world in the course of 2021. Outside conflict zones, the risk of exposure to ISIL propaganda and incitement has continued to grow as people — especially the young — spend more time at home and online.”
2021-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/140 (2021) · source
“I am pleased that Assistant Secretary-General Coninsx, Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), is joining me to present this report, which our offices prepared jointly with the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, led by Mr. Edmund Fitton-Brown. The threat posed by ISIL to international peace and security is on the rise again. It is crucial that Member States remain focused and united to counter it, despite the strains and competing priorities brought by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. While ISIL has not developed a purposeful strategy to exploit the pandemic, its efforts to regroup and reinvigorate its activities gained further momentum in the second half of 2020.”
2021-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/140 (2021) · source
“Allow me to begin by expressing my sincere condolences to the Governments and the people of Afghanistan, Austria, France, Iraq, Mozambique, the Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia and all other Member States that recently suffered terrorist attacks. My heartfelt thoughts and sympathy go to the survivors and to the families of the victims. I thank the Security Council for the opportunity to present the twelfth report (S/2021/98)of the Secretary-General on the threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to international peace and security, and the range of United Nations efforts in support of Member States in countering this threat, as mandated by resolution 2368 (2017).”
2021-02-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/140 (2021) · source
“As we mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations, the twentieth anniversary of 9/11 and resolution 1373 (2001), and the fifteenth anniversary of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, the time could not be more right for the Council and all Member States to reaffirm the imperative of multilateral action against terrorism. It is essential to reinvigorate international counter-terrorism cooperation during and after the pandemic, with a focus on emerging threats and challenges. We need an inclusive approach and a strategic investment in building resilience.The United Nations, working through the Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact, stands ready to continue supporting Member States in those efforts and looks forward to their guidance.”
2021-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/48 (2021) · source
“The close collaboration between my Office and the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) is at the heart of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact, which brings together 43 United Nations and non-United Nations entities. We have made steady progress through that partnership, in line with resolution 2395 (2017), ensuring that our capacity-building support builds on the assessments conducted by CTED and the recommendations adopted by the Counter-Terrorism Committee. Our flagship programmes on countering terrorist travel and terrorism financing and on prosecution, rehabilitation and reintegration are a few concrete examples of that approach. We will continue working to consolidate and expand the gains from those reforms, further integrating and sharpening our assistance.”
2021-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/48 (2021) · source
“Since 2001, the Security Council has built upon resolution 1373 (2001) to develop a comprehensive set of measures and guidance for Member States to prevent and counter terrorism, taking on new issues and strengthening attention to international human rights, humanitarian and refugee law. Concurrently, support for Member States’ efforts to implement those requirements has grown as a matter of priority for the United Nations system, guided also, since 2006, by the United Nations Global Counter- Terrorism Strategy. Today we are more coherent and coordinated than ever in providing that support, thanks to the reform of the counter-terrorism architecture initiated by the Secretary-General in 2017.”
2021-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/48 (2021) · source
“The Security Council’s voice is crucial in emphasizing that preventing and countering terrorism is necessary to facilitating decisive progress on the interlinkages between the peace and security, sustainable development and human rights agendas. Thirdly, engaging more and better with youth, civil society, the private sector and the scientific community in the fight against terrorism is key to being responsive to the social and technological realities of the twenty-first century. Public-private partnerships are a critical tool to effectively address terrorism.”
2021-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/48 (2021) · source
“Law enforcement and criminal justice responses mandated by the Security Council are indispensable to detecting, deterring and bringing terrorists to justice. They are also increasingly complex and resource-intensive. Even the better-equipped States are challenged to keep pace with evolving and emerging threats, both offline and online. We must therefore urgently bolster international counter-terrorism cooperation. Secondly, we need a renewed commitment to looking beyond terrorism as a tactic and addressing the underlying conditions and drivers that sustain and spread it. A strategic investment in building resilience is necessary to effectively countering the violent extremism that is conducive to terrorism.”
2021-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/48 (2021) · source
“Saving lives from terrorism, like saving lives from viral diseases, requires reinvigorated and inclusive multilateralism, as has been called for by Secretary-General Guterres. The Security Council’s leadership remains critical to ensuring a united front against terrorism that is anchored in the Charter of the United Nations and international law, with human rights and gender equality at its heart.S/2021/48 I would like to raise three fundamental points as the Council reflects on a multilateral way forward to effectively prevent and defeat terrorism. First, international solidarity is increasingly imperative in our interdependent world, including through practical collaboration and high-impact capacity-building.”
2021-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/48 (2021) · source
“They have sought to benefit from the setbacks to the development and human rights agendas, riding on the waves of polarization and hate speech amplified by the pandemic. The threat has become even more difficult to prevent, with a resurgence of low-cost, low-tech attacks against soft targets by so-called lone wolves. Terrorists are adapting quickly, as they are keen to exploit cyberspace and new technologies, linkages with organized crime, and regulatory, human and technical gaps in national capacities. Their tactics are appealing to new groups across the ideological spectrum, including violent extremist groups that are racially, ethnically and politically motivated. The COVID-19 crisis has magnified these trends, just as it has been a stress test for international cooperation and solidarity.”
2021-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/48 (2021) · source
“That has led to important successes and helped Member States to bring terrorists to justice and disrupt additional attacks. Although ISIL’s territorial aspirations in Iraq and Syria were defeated, it remains a threat in the region, conducting attacks and seeking to reconstitute an external operations capability. Urgent challenges persist, particularly to ensuring accountability for the crimes perpetrated by ISIL and repatriating the thousands of associated foreign nationals, mostly women and children, who remain in limbo. Terrorist activity has shown that we must remain extremely vigilant; the threat remains real and even direct for many States. Terrorists have sought to exploit disruptions arising from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).”
2021-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/48 (2021) · source
“Throughout the last two decades, the threat of terrorism has persisted, evolved and spread, causing unspeakable human suffering and loss. Al-Qaida has proven resilient despite losing numerous leaders. It has pioneered a dangerous transnational model of regional franchises that exploit local fragilities and conflicts. The so- called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), was able to harness social media to mobilize and recruit followers worldwide, creating a foreign-terrorist-fighter phenomenon of an unprecedented scale. In the face of these threats, the Security Council has provided critical impetus and guidance for States Members of the United Nations to demonstrate unity of purpose and action and step up national efforts and international cooperation.”
2021-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/48 (2021) · source
“Allow me to begin by commending Tunisia on its leadership role as Chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee and salute the convening of today’s meeting as an important initiative of the Tunisian presidency of the Security Council. Twenty years ago, the Council took a momentous step to bolster the fight against the threat to international peace and security posed by terrorism. One can hardly overstate the importance of the Council’s rapid action in the aftermath of the 11 September terrorist attacks in adopting resolution 1373 (2001) and establishing the Counter-Terrorism Committee. I wish to pay tribute to the victims of those heinous attacks — almost 3,000 people, from 90 countries — as well as to all those around the world whose lives have been shattered by the scourge of terrorism over the years.”
2021-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/48 (2021) · source
“As Member States continue their efforts to develop comprehensive responses to the threat posed by ISIL and terrorism, they can count S/2020/836 on the full support of my Office and the United Nations system through the Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact.”
2020-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/836 (2020) · source
“The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, UNODC, CTED and the Office for Disarmament Affairs launched a joint project in February focused on Central Asia to address this phenomenon. The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the challenges we face in eliminating the threat of terrorism. ISIL and other terrorist groups seek to exploit the far-reaching disruption and negative socioeconomic and political impacts of the pandemic. As emphasized during the Virtual Counter-Terrorism Week, strengthening collective action and international counter-terrorism cooperation must remain a priority during and after the pandemic.”
2020-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/836 (2020) · source
“The United Nations Countering Terrorist Travel Programme, led by my Office to support Member States in implementing resolutions 2178 (2014), 2396 (2017) and 2482 (2019), currently has 36 confirmed beneficiaries in different regions. The programme adapted to the COVID-19 crisis by developing, together with CTED, an online assessment methodology that was first used in June in Côte d’Ivoire. Lastly, during the high-level open debate convened by the Indonesian presidency earlier this month on addressing the issue of linkages between terrorism and organized crime (see S/2020/791), we discussed the need to tackle the illicit supply of small arms and light weapons to terrorist groups.”
2020-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/836 (2020) · source
“In particular, more needs to be done to address sexual violence committed by ISIL, both in terms of accountability and support to victims. Thirdly, countering the financing of terrorism remains a key priority. The pandemic increases the potential risk of cybercrime by terrorists to raise and move funds. In June, the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre in my Office, together with CTED, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Office of Information and Communications Technology, launched a new, global capacity- building programme for the prevention and suppression of the financing of terrorism, in line with resolution 2462 (2019). Fourthly, my Office has continued to partner with a broad range of entities to support Member States in law enforcement and border security.”
2020-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/836 (2020) · source
“First, we led the development of a multi-agency framework to provide coordinated United Nations support to requesting Member States on the protection, repatriation, prosecution, rehabilitation and reintegration of third-country nationals returning from Iraq and Syria. The framework, coordinated by my Office and UNICEF, aims to ensure that this support is human rights-compliant and gender- sensitive and takes into account the best interests of the child. Secondly, we continued prioritizing our work on victims of terrorism, including encouraging Member States to identify specific actions to uphold their rights in national counter-terrorism strategies. The commemoration of the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism last week reminded us that we need to do more to support victims.”
2020-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/836 (2020) · source
“At the end of March, my Office launched the Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Platform to further facilitate this process and engagement with Member States. I have already reported to the Security Council on the outcomes of the successful Counter-Terrorism Week in July (see S/2020/791). My Office has worked closely with CTED and other Compact partners to incorporate flexible approaches in our capacity-building support to Member States, including by using online platforms and developing remote needs-assessment methodologies. I would like to draw the Council’s attention to a few key activities of my Office.”
2020-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/836 (2020) · source
“Concern remains over the recruitment of ISIL fighters in the country and the looming challenge of managing returnees from the core conflict zone. In South-East Asia, attacks on security forces occur regularly, but Government authorities have maintained pressure on ISIL activities through counter-terrorism operations. The report of the Secretary-General also highlights how the United Nations system has continued to actively support Member States over the past six months despite the pandemic. After the COVID-19 outbreak, United Nations entities swiftly adjusted their operations to ensure business continuity. Collaboration under the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact continued with S/2020/836 regular virtual meetings and joint projects.”
2020-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/836 (2020) · source
“Several Member States in Europe report a growing terrorist threat from right-wing violent extremism, which requires intelligence services to shift their operational and analytical priorities away from a focus on ISIL. In Asia, ISIL’s affiliate in Afghanistan remains capable of high-profile attacks in various parts of the country, including Kabul, despite continued territorial losses and the arrest of its leaders. The group seeks to use Afghan territory to spread its influence across the region, similar to the approach of ISIL’s core. It also aims to attract fighters who oppose, inter alia, the peace agreement reached between the Taliban and the United States. In other parts of Asia, ISIL claimed its first attack in the Maldives in April.”
2020-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/836 (2020) · source
“Another worrisome development is the attacks staged by the Islamic State Central Africa Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Mozambique, including complex attacks and brief takeovers of villages. In Europe, the threat continues to come mainly from Internet-driven, home- grown terrorist radicalization. Three ISIL-inspired attacks occurred in France and two in the United Kingdom during the reporting period, while other attacks by lone actors against soft public targets were thankfully foiled. Acute concerns persist about radicalization and failed rehabilitation in prisons, and the imminent release of dangerous inmates with a terrorism background or connections.”
2020-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/836 (2020) · source
“Turning to Africa, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) remains a major focus of ISIL global propaganda, and its total membership of approximately 3,500 makes it one of the largest of the remote “provinces”. ISWAP has continued to reinforce links with the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, which remains the most dangerous group in the tri-border area of Burkina Faso, Mali and the Niger. Although ISIL has only a few hundred fighters in Libya, it has been exploiting local tensions between ethnic groups. It represents a potent threat capable of broader regional impact. The risk of escalation of the conflict in Libya could allow ISIL to expand its activity.”
2020-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/836 (2020) · source
“While some States have repatriated and continue to repatriate children, we have seen only limited progress in overcoming legal, political and practical hurdles to repatriation. The global threat from ISIL is likely to increase if the international community fails to meet this challenge. Decisive action is required from Member States on humanitarian, human rights and security grounds. The Secretary-General reiterates his call on Member States to meet their obligations under international law and repatriate their nationals — women, men and children. The United Nations system stands ready to support their efforts in that regard.”
2020-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/836 (2020) · source
“In the Middle East, the ISIL core has continued to consolidate its position in some areas previously under its control, operating increasingly confidently and openly. More than 10,000 ISIL fighters are estimated to remain active in Iraq and Syria, moving freely in small cells between the two countries. There has been a significant increase in ISIL attacks in both countries in 2020 as compared with 2019.The COVID-19 crisis has further complicated the already dire and unsustainable situation of thousands of individuals with suspected links to ISIL who are stranded in the conflict zone, especially women and children. The repatriation, prosecution, rehabilitation, reintegration and protection of the vulnerable have become ever more urgent.”
2020-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/836 (2020) · source
“Yet there is a continued trend of attacks by individuals inspired online and acting alone or in small groups, which could be fuelled by ISIL’s opportunistic propaganda efforts during the COVID-19 crisis. The pandemic’s impact on recruitment and fundraising activities remains unclear, as its socioeconomic fallout could exacerbate conditions conducive to terrorism and increase the medium- to long-term threat, both within and outside conflict zones. Meanwhile, there is no clear indication of a change in ISIL’s strategic direction under its new leader. Command and control arrangements between the ISIL core and its remote “provinces” have continued to loosen, thereby strengthening regional affiliates. I would like to highlight some developments in different regions.”
2020-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/836 (2020) · source
“They also emphasized the need to sustain the focus and resources required to address the persistent threat posed by ISIL and the continuing challenges posed by foreign terrorist fighters. Since the start of the year, we have seen contrasting regional disparities in the threat trajectory. In conflict zones, the threat has increased, as evidenced by ISIL’s regrouping and increasing activity in Iraq and the Syrian Arab Republic and among some of its regional affiliates. However, in non-conflict zones, the threat appears to have decreased in the short term. Measures to minimize the spread of COVID-19, such as lockdowns and restrictions on movement, seem to have reduced the risk of terrorist attacks in many countries.”
2020-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/836 (2020) · source
“Fitton- Brown, and the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), led by Ms. Coninsx, in close collaboration with my Office and with contributions from other United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact entities. This report covers a period like no other, marked by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, affecting virtually all Member States. This pandemic environment raises several strategic and practical challenges for counter-terrorism, which we discussed during the Virtual Counter-Terrorism Week organized by my Office last month. Our discussions during the Virtual Counter-Terrorism Week showed that States need to stay attuned to how the ISIL threat evolves during and after the pandemic.”
2020-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/836 (2020) · source
“Let me begin by expressing my profound condolences to Afghanistan, Chad, France, Nigeria, Somalia, the United Kingdom and all Member States that recently suffered terrorist attacks. My heartfelt thoughts and sympathy go to the survivors and families of the victims. 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, also known as Da’esh) to international peace and security and the range of United Nations efforts in support of Member States in countering the threat, as mandated by resolution 2368 (2017). The report was prepared by the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team of the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee, led by Mr.”
2020-08-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/836 (2020) · source
“We must continue our fight against terrorist groups and criminal networks to deny them the opportunity to exploit the COVID-19 crisis. Collective action and international cooperation are needed now more than ever.”
2020-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/791 (2020) · source
“The adoption of resolution 2482 (2019) underscored the importance of Member States working together to strengthen the global response to the linkages between international terrorism and organized crime. More work needs to be undertaken to study how these linkages evolve, without automatically conflating both threats. Member States are rightly focused on tackling the health emergency and human crisis caused by COVID-19, but we must not forget or be complacent about the continuing threat of terrorism. In many parts of the world, terrorists are exploiting local grievances and poor governance to regroup and assert their control. The pandemic has the potential to act as a catalyst in the spread of terrorism and violent extremism by exacerbating inequalities, undermining social cohesion and fuelling local conflicts.”
2020-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/791 (2020) · source
“To date, 36 Member States are formally participating in this programme, contributing to their efforts to map and identify links between suspected terrorists and serious criminals. The management of violent extremist prisoners is also crucial in addressing the nexus between terrorism and organized crime. UNOCT, UNODC and CTED are supporting Member States in building the capacity of their prison services to prevent radicalization to violence among prisoners. UNOCT, UNODC, the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute and INTERPOL also work together to support Member States’ efforts to prevent organized crime and terrorist groups from gaining access to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials and dual-use equipment, including through the darknet.”
2020-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/791 (2020) · source
“Together with UNODC, the Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT), CTED and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, my Office is also developing a project to enhance criminal justice responses to prevent and combat the illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons and disrupt their illicit supply to terrorist groups. The United Nations Countering Terrorist Travel Programme — led by my Office in partnership with CTED, UNODC, OICT, the International Civil Aviation Organization and INTERPOL — supports Member States in building detection capabilities through the provision of legislative assistance, the establishment of Passenger Information Units and the installation of the required hardware and software systems.”
2020-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/791 (2020) · source
“And INTERPOL chairs the Global Compact working group on emerging threats and critical infrastructure protection, using its analytical capacity and access to international law enforcement databases. My Office works closely with UNODC, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), INTERPOL and other entities to assist Member States in anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism; interdiction and border security; law enforcement; prison management; combating illicit trafficking and other efforts to address threats to international peace and security.”
2020-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/791 (2020) · source
“We also continue to work closely with the subsidiary bodies of the Security Council that are mandated to enhance the capacity of Member States to prevent and respond to terrorist acts. The Global Compact leverages the expertise of each entity in supporting legislative, policy and operational measures to fight organized crime and terrorism financing. For example, UNODC chairs the Global Compact working group on criminal justice, legal responses and countering the financing of terrorism. The Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) chairs the Global Compact working group on border management and law enforcement relating to counter-terrorism.”
2020-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/791 (2020) · source
“The increase in Internet usage and cybercrime during the pandemic further compounds the problem. We heard from Executive Director Waly about how Member States are tackling the nexus between terrorism and organized crime. The report of the Secretary-General also includes a number of examples of how the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact entities are providing capacity-building support and technical assistance to Member States to address the linkages between terrorism and organized crime, as requested by resolution 2482 (2019). The General Assembly mandated the Office of Counter-Terrorism to lead the United Nations system counter-terrorism efforts by enhancing coherence and coordination, including through the Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact.”
2020-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/791 (2020) · source
“Speakers also noted the importance of ensuring that efforts to address the nexus between terrorism and organized crime are proportionate to the threat and fully respect human rights and fundamental freedoms. These views will feed into our postponed second, in-person counter-terrorism week next year, which will coincide with the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. We are yet to fully understand the impact and consequences of the pandemic on global peace and security, and more specifically on organized crime and terrorism. We know that terrorists are exploiting the significant disruption and economic hardships caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to spread fear, hate and division and radicalise and recruit new followers.”
2020-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/791 (2020) · source
“Our discussions showed there is a shared understanding and concern among Member States that terrorists are generating funds from illicit trafficking in drugs, goods, natural resources and antiquities, as well as kidnapping for ransom, extorting and committing other heinous crimes. This concern is clearly reflected in the report of the Secretary-General. Speakers highlighted a significant rise in cybercrime in recent months, with a 350 per cent increase in phishing websites in the first quarter of this year. Many of these digital attacks have been against hospital and health-care systems, hindering their vital work in responding to the pandemic.”
2020-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/791 (2020) · source