Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts - Security Council, 9982nd meeting

ISIL/Da’esh still resilient global threat, top counter-terrorism officials warn Security Council, urging rights-based strategies, steadfast unity to defeat it.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 02:10:57
• Production Date: 20 August 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: NATALIA GHERMAN; VLADIMIR VORONKOV
• Corporate Name: NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION - NATO; UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME - UNODC; ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND THE LEVANT; UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF COUNTER-TERRORISM
• Subject Topical: HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL LAW; INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY; SANCTIONS; TERRORISM; CYBER SECURITY; COUNTER-TERRORISM; TECHNOLOGY; FINANCING; CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS
• Geographic Subject: AFRICA; SYRIA
• MAMS Id: 3438848
• Parent Id: 3437666
• Alternate Title: MTG SC 9982 INTL PEACE SECURITY TERRORIST ACTS 20 AUG 2025 AM

Description

Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as Da’esh) remains a resilient and evolving global threat, increasingly active in Africa, and exploiting technology and financing networks, such as social media and cryptocurrency, high-level officials warned the Security Council today as they called for comprehensive, rights-based strategies and unwavering international unity to defeat it.

“Africa remains significantly affected, currently experiencing the highest intensity of ISIL/Da’esh activity globally,” with renewed operations in the Sahel and West Africa, warned Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism and Head of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism.

The group remains a “volatile and complex” threat, with its affiliates showing resilience despite the deaths of key leaders, he said, during a briefing in which delegates considered the Secretary-General’s latest report on the threat the group poses to international peace and security and the range of UN efforts to support Member States in countering it (document S/2025/496).

• Briefer: Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General, Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT)
• Briefer: Ms. Natalia Gherman, Executive Director, Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED)
• Briefer: Ms. Elisa De Anda Madrazo, President, Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
• Statements: All Council members

Related Sites and Documents

UN Meetings Coverage

S/2025/496

S/PV.9982