Security Council
Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts - Security Council, 9701st meeting
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Strong, Human Rights-Centred Action, State Cooperation Crucial to Combating Terrorism, Speakers Stress during Security Council’s Biannual Briefing on Threat Posed by ISIL Islamic State’s Expansion in West Africa, Sahel, Afghanistan Raises Alarm.
The complex terrorism landscape, with terrorist groups expanding in West Africa and the Sahel, and improving capabilities in Afghanistan, calls for robust counter-terrorism efforts, State cooperation and human-rights centered approaches, the Security Council heard today at a briefing on the Secretary-General’s biannual report on the threat posed by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh).
Identical letters dated 31 July 2024 from the Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council (S/2024/589).
Briefers 1
. Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General of the Office of Counter-Terrorism
2. Natalia Gherman, Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate
3. Idriss Mounir Lallali, Acting Director of the African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism
The Council is chaired by Ambassador Michael Imran Kanu, Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone which is President of the Security Council for August 2024

