Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts - Security Council, 9701st meeting

Nineteenth 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/2024/583).

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 01:48:23
• Production Date: 8 August 2024
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: NATALIA GHERMAN; VLADIMIR VORONKOV; MICHAEL IMRAN KANU
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: ARMED CONFLICTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PEACE AND SECURITY; TERRORISM; RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT; PEACEBUILDING; CIVILIAN PROTECTION; RIGHT TO PEACE; POLITICAL CONDITIONS; POLITICAL MOVEMENTS; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; ARMED GROUPS; REGIONAL COOPERATION; POLITICAL COOPERATION; DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
• Geographic Subject: WEST AFRICA; SAHEL
• MAMS Id: 3244143
• Parent Id: 3242902

Description

TECHNICAL NOTE: ORIGINAL RECORDING CONTAINS AUDIO DROP OUTS FROM APPROXIMATELY 00;12;00 to 00;19;00

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

Related Sites and Documents

S/2024/589

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