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12 June 2025

On 11 June 2025, Assistant Secretary-General Natalia Gherman, Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), and the Executive Director of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT), Ms. Naureen Chowdhury Fink, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). 

11 June 2025

On 8 May 2025, the Security Council Counter Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) co-organized an expert group meeting, hosted by the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), with the generous support of Switzerland¡¯s Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), on the rule of law and human rights aspects of using artificial intelligence (AI) for counter-terrorism purposes. 

10 June 2025

On 10 June 2025, Assistant Secretary-General Natalia Gherman, Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), and the Executive Director of Tech Against Terrorism, Mr. Adam Hadley, CBE, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).?

16 May 2025

On 5 and 6 May 2025, the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) in collaboration with the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law¡¯s (IIJ) Counter-Terrorism Platform for Human Rights Engagement (CT PHARE) held a regional event on strengthening oversight and accountability of national security agencies in South and South-East Asia, in Jakarta, Indonesia.

25 March 2025

The Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) conducted a follow-up assessment visit on behalf of the Counter-Terrorism Committee to the Republic of Malta from 14 to 18 March 2025. The aim of the visit was to assess Malta¡¯s progress in implementing key counter-terrorism measures in line with Security Council resolution 1373 (2001) and other relevant resolutions.

24 March 2025

Acting on behalf of the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee, its Executive Directorate (CTED) conducted a follow-up country assessment visit to the Republic of Cameroon from 17 to 21 March 2025. The assessment covered all relevant Security Council resolutions, including 1373 (2001), 2178 (2014), 2349 (2017) and 2396 (2017), and included engagement with the Government of Cameroon in Yaound¨¦, as well as in Maroua, M¨¦m¨¦ and M¨¦ri, in the Far North Region.

14 March 2025

St. Julian¡¯s, Malta ¨C 13 March 2025 ¨C In a significant step towards enhancing global counter-terrorism efforts, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) and the Government of Malta successfully organized the United Nations Conference on National and Regional Counter-Terrorism Strategies on 12-13 March 2025 in St. Julian¡¯s, Malta, aimed to promote comprehensive and integrated counter-terrorism strategies in alignment with relevant United Nations General Assembly and Security Council resolutions.

18 February 2025

On behalf of the Security Council¡¯s Counter-Terrorism Committee, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) conducted an assessment visit to the Federal Republic of Somalia from 2 to 6 February 2025.

The visiting delegation was led by Marc Porret, CTED Chief of Section for Africa, and consisted of CTED experts as well as experts from the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism; the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; the United Nations Development Programme; the United Nations Mine Action Service; the International Organization for Migration; and the International Criminal Police Organization.

14 February 2025

On 13 February 2025, Assistant Secretary-General Natalia Gherman, CTED Executive Director, delivered a lead statement at the ministerial segment of the 4th ¡°No Money for Terror¡± (NMFT) conference held in Munich, Germany.

Hosted by Germany, the conference addressed key topics such as innovative approaches to multilateral cooperation, digital channels of terrorist financing, the importance of financial inclusion and the risk-based approach, and the nexus between organized crime and terrorism financing.?

12 February 2025

On Monday, 10 February 2025, Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism and Head of the Office of Counter-Terrorism, Vladimir Voronkov, and Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), Natalia Gherman, briefed the Security Council on the twentieth 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.