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




