Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact released a new Guidance on Ensuring Respect for Human Rights while Taking Measures to Counter the Financing of Terrorism offering Member States, financial institutions, and other stakeholders a practical framework to ensure that efforts to prevent and disrupt terrorist financing fully comply with international human rights obligations.
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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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On 18 November 2025, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), in partnership with the Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), launched the ¡°CTED-OSCE Trends Report Update: Physical protection of critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks¡± The launch event was hosted at the Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations and was co-hosted by the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In the Trends Report, CTED and OSCE examine trends and developments in international frameworks and national efforts to protect critical infrastructure from terrorist attacks since CTED¡¯s 2017 Report on the same topic.
The Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) carried out its first comprehensive assessment visit to Austria, on behalf of the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), from 10 to 13 November 2025. The purpose of the visit was to evaluate Austria¡¯s progress in implementing key counter-terrorism measures pursuant to Security Council resolution 1373 (2001) and other relevant resolutions.
The Counter Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights while Countering Terrorism are pleased to invite you to the side-event on ¡°The definition of terrorist acts and international human rights law¡±.?
On 8 October 2025, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) held a hybrid briefing for Member States on trends and developments in CTED¡¯s technical assistance facilitation in border management¡¯s and law enforcement¡¯s response to attacks on vulnerable targets.?
New CTED Trends Alert highlights urgent challenges as children face multiple forms of exploitation by terrorist groups.
The Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) has released a new Trends Alert documenting the accelerating exploitation of children by terrorist groups worldwide, with Member States reporting increasing concern about their capacity to protect children who are subjected to multiple forms of physical and psychological harm.?
The UN Security Council¡¯s Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) has released its latest thematic assessment, spotlighting persistent gaps in the fight against terrorism financing (TF) in 29 Member States in Africa examined under the reporting period (2024-2025) and identifying their priority areas for technical assistance.
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New York, 15 September 2025 ¨C the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) published a report on ¡°Civil society perspectives on national and regional counter-terrorism strategies¡± summarizing the findings from five virtual round-table discussions on the engagement of civil society organizations (CSO) in counter-terrorism strategies, held in February 2025.
On 3 September 2025, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) held a Technical Knowledge Exchange aimed at informing Member States about current trends, issues and developments relating to terrorism and counter-terrorism in West Africa, particularly the Lake Chad basin region and the Gulf of Guinea.
On 25 and 26 August, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) organized a two-part virtual round-table series with francophone and anglophone countries in West Africa.?
CTED co-organized an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and in collaboration with the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) on Strengthening National Capacities for Detecting and Disrupting the Use of Information and Communication Technology for Terrorist Purposes. The EGM took place in from 26 to 29 August in Nairobi, Kenya, and focused on detecting and disrupting the terrorist activities of Al-Shabaab both online and offline.
On 20 August 2025, the Security Council held a thematic debate on the ¡°Twenty first 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 (S/2025/496)¡±. Assistant Secretary-General Natalia Gherman, Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) briefed the Council together with Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov of the Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and the President of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Ms. Elisa de Anda Madrazo.
A new paper from the United Nations Security Council¡¯s Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), titled CTED Trends Alert: The Weak Link in Border Security ¨C Maritime Borders and Use of Passenger Data, sheds light on emerging vulnerabilities in global border security.
Acting on behalf of the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee, its Executive Directorate (CTED) conducted a follow-up country assessment visit to the Republic of Chad from 23 to 27 June 2025. The assessment covered all relevant Security Council resolutions, including 1373 (2001), 2178 (2014), 2349 (2017) and 2396 (2017), and included engagement with the Government of Chad in Ndjamena.
A new report by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) highlights persistent and evolving terrorist financing (TF) risks, and aims to help competent national authorities, the private sector, non-profit organisations and other relevant stakeholders better understand the nature of global and context-specific TF threats, and mitigate them more efficiently.
Highlighting that the financing methods used by terrorists vary considerably depending on contextual factors and their target goals, the report offers a granular analysis of the ways in which terrorists exploit vulnerabilities of many economic and non-commercial sectors and services, and reflects on the anticipated evolution of these trends over the next few years, underscoring TF dynamic nature and adaptability.