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STORY: UN / 9/11 ATTACKS ANNIVERSARY
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SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 11 SEPTEMBER 2026, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, United Nations headquarters as seen from Long Island City
11 SEPTEMBER 2026, NEW YORK CITY
2. Various shots, Security Council members observe a moment of silence in honour of the victims of the 11 September 2001 attacks and all victims of terrorist acts
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Natalia Gherman, Assistant Secretary-General, Executive Director Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate:
“In 2001, the Security Council’s response was swift, and united. Acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Council adopted a series of obligations in resolution 1373 (2001). They are as relevant today as they were twenty-five years ago.”
4. Wide shot, Security Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Natalia Gherman, Assistant Secretary-General, Executive Director Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate:
“Both before 9/11 and since, the Security Council has unanimously condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. It continues to provide a strong and collective voice against all acts, methods and practices of terrorism as criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivation.”
6. Wide shot, Security Council
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Natalia Gherman, Assistant Secretary-General, Executive Director Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate:
“Since 2001, Member States have made real progress in implementing the resolutions of the Security Council. And yet, much remains to be done. As terrorism evolves, States’ responses must adapt.”
8. Wide shot, Security Council
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Eihab Omaish, Officer-in-Charge United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism:
“The unimaginable horror of that day terrorized the whole human family. In minutes, it drastically changed the course of history, making the world less safe for all people. Today, we honour the memory of those who lost their lives, and we stand with the survivors.”
10. Wide shot, Security Council
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Eihab Omaish, Officer-in-Charge United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism:
“As we mark this solemn anniversary, we remember all victims of terrorism around the world. Their experiences remind us of the profound human cost of terrorism and our collective responsibility to prevent such suffering.”
12. Wide shot, Security Council
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Eihab Omaish, Officer-in-Charge United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism:
“Here, in the very city that suffered a devastating terrorist attack, Member States can come together to prevent and counter terrorism in all of its forms and manifestations. The attacks of September 11th exposed the profound danger posed by a single terrorist organization operating across borders. Today, the threat is more diffuse, more decentralized and increasingly enabled by new technologies.”
14. Wide shot, Security Council
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Naureen Chowdhury Fink, Executive Director, the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT):
“Tech tools have reduced the timelines for radicalization and mobilization, lowered barriers to entry for adversarial actors, made it easier to finance and advance operations, and expanded the scope of terrorism audiences to an unprecedented level.”
16. Wide shot, Security Council
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Waltz, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“Every American I know can tell you exactly where they were, when they heard about the attack. They'll tell you what they saw, who they were speaking to, what family members they called, and what they did next. And in the years that followed, as we well know, and as history now looks back on, an entire generation of soldiers, firefighters, police officers, intelligence professionals, ordinary American patriots, coalitions, stepped forward to serve.”
18. Wide shot, Security Council
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Waltz, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“Millions around the world have since been murdered, maimed, displaced, recruited, forced to live under terrorism’s shadow because of this scourge. Colleagues, as I look around the table, everyone in this room, all on this Council, from Latvia to Liberia, everyone, has lost men and women in uniform confronting terrorism in the years since. So, for most of you, September 11th is sadly not the only terror attack in your national memory, and we should take stock of that. We should remember that.”
20. Wide shot, Security Council
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Waltz, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“Let's call terrorism what it is. Let's cut off its funding. Let's deny that safe haven. Let's enforce this council's resolutions. Let's share intelligence. Let's hunt down those who plan these attacks, because we all must fight this scourge until it is defeated. And we will never forget.”
22. Wide shot, Security Council
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Elmore, MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, United Kingdom:
“But it has never been enough to simply remember what happened. It has been our duty to do everything we can to stop it happening again. And so today, we also honor those around the world who have dedicated their lives to preventing and countering terrorism.”
24. Wide shot, end of the Security Council’s meeting
25. Wide shot, ambassadors walking to the stakeout
26. SOUNDBITE (English) Jérôme Bonnafont, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, France:
“Demonstrating its unity 25 years after the attacks, the Council unanimously adopted the Presidential Statement that reaffirms its determination to combating terrorism and our collective commitment to respond to the evolving threat with a shared goal: a world free of terrorism.”
27. Wide shot, ambassadors leaving the stakeout area
“In 2001, the Security Council's response was swift, and united,” UN counter-terrorism top official Natalia Gherman said as the Council marked 25 years since the 11 September attacks. The obligations it adopted then, she said, “are as relevant today as they were twenty-five years ago.”
Council members observed a moment of silence in honour of the victims of the attacks and all victims of terrorist acts.
“Both before 9/11 and since, the Security Council has unanimously condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. It continues to provide a strong and collective voice against all acts, methods and practices of terrorism as criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivation,” said Natalia Gherman, Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED).
The CTED head told the Council today (11 Sep), “Since 2001, Member States have made real progress in implementing the resolutions of the Security Council. And yet, much remains to be done. As terrorism evolves, States' responses must adapt.”
Eihab Omaish, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), said, “The unimaginable horror of that day terrorized the whole human family. In minutes, it drastically changed the course of history, making the world less safe for all people. Today, we honour the memory of those who lost their lives, and we stand with the survivors.”
“As we mark this solemn anniversary, we remember all victims of terrorism around the world. Their experiences remind us of the profound human cost of terrorism and our collective responsibility to prevent such suffering,” Omaish said.
According to the UNOCT official, “The attacks of September 11th exposed the profound danger posed by a single terrorist organization operating across borders. Today, the threat is more diffuse, more decentralized and increasingly enabled by new technologies.”
Naureen Chowdhury Fink, Executive Director of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT), said, “Tech tools have reduced the timelines for radicalization and mobilization, lowered barriers to entry for adversarial actors, made it easier to finance and advance operations, and expanded the scope of terrorism audiences to an unprecedented level.”
United States Ambassador Mike Waltz said, “Every American I know can tell you exactly where they were, when they heard about the attack. They'll tell you what they saw, who they were speaking to, what family members they called, and what they did next.”
Waltz noted that every country on the Council, “from Latvia to Liberia,” has lost men and women in uniform confronting terrorism since then. “So, for most of you,” he said, “September 11th is sadly not the only terror attack in your national memory, and we should take stock of that. We should remember that.”
“Let’s call terrorism what it is. Let’s cut off its funding. Let’s deny that safe haven. Let’s enforce this council's resolutions. Let's share intelligence. Let's hunt down those who plan these attacks, because we all must fight this scourge until it is defeated. And we will never forget,” the US envoy said.
Chris Elmore, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State of the United Kingdom, said, “But it has never been enough to simply remember what happened. It has been our duty to do everything we can to stop it happening again. And so today, we also honor those around the world who have dedicated their lives to preventing and countering terrorism.”
Briefing reporters after the Security Council’s meeting, President of the Security Council, Jérôme Bonnafont said, “Demonstrating its unity 25 years after the attacks, the Council unanimously adopted the Presidential Statement that reaffirms its determination to combating terrorism and our collective commitment to respond to the evolving threat with a shared goal: a world free of terrorism.”
