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Amb. Michel Tommo Monthe of Cameroon.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider

General Assembly urged to ‘make UN more relevant’ in global combat against terrorism

12 June 2014
As the United Nations General Assembly today began a review of its overall counter-terrorism strategy, a senior official urged Member States to take advantage of the opportunity “to make the UN more relevant” in the international effort to fight what he called “a destructive and deplorable malady.”
A building damaged by the 11 December 2007 terrorist attack across the street from the UN Headquarters complex in Algiers. The bombing claimed the lives of 17 United Nations workers.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider

UN officials underscore need to counter appeal of terrorism, better support victims

11 June 2014
Critical to defeating terrorism and making the world a safer place is addressing conditions that give rise to this scourge, senior United Nations officials stated today, as they also underscored the need to better support the victims of such heinous acts.
Civilians begin to flee new offensive against militants in Pakistan.
IRIN/Umar Farooq

Pakistan: Ban strongly condemns latest terrorist attacks

9 June 2014
Strongly condemning yesterday’s attacks in Pakistan – which reportedly left more than 50 people dead in the wake of separate assaults on the country’s main airport in Karachi, and on busloads of Shia pilgrims in Baluchistan – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged the Government step up its efforts to tackle terrorism and religious extremism.
Ambassador Oh Joon of the Republic of Korea and President of the Security Council for May.
UN Photo/Mark Garten

Security Council strongly condemns recent attack at Jewish Museum in Brussels

29 May 2014
The Security Council has condemned “in the strongest terms” the recent terrorist attack against the Jewish Museum in Brussels, which resulted in loss of life and injuries and may have had a possible anti-Semitic motivation behind it.
Aid agencies hand out relief to people displaced by Boko Haram.
IRIN/Aminu Abubakar

Boko Haram, Nigerian group that kidnapped schoolgirls, put on UN terror sanctions list

23 May 2014
The United Nations Security Council has added Boko Haram, the Nigerian militant group that has claimed responsibility for the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls in mid-April, to its list of Al-Qaida associates subject to financial sanctions and an arms embargo.
Wide view of the Security Council.
UN Photo/JC McIlwaine (file photo)

Security Council urges cooperation to tackle kidnapping for ransom by terrorists

27 January 2014
The United Nations Security Council today strongly condemned incidents of kidnapping and hostage-taking committed by terrorists for any purpose, including raising funds or gaining political concessions, and called for international cooperation to tackle this scourge.
Polio vaccinators traverse floodwaters in Sindh Province, Pakistan, to reach children during a September 2012 immunization campaign.
UNICEF/Asad Zaidi

Ban ‘strongly condemns’ spate of deadly terrorist attacks in Pakistan

22 January 2014
Reiterating deep concern over continued terrorist attacks and sectarian violence in Pakistan, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned a spate of deadly violence in the country, including the bombing of a market earlier this week in Rawalpindi, and a series of attacks against polio workers.
Wide view of the Security Council.
UN Photo/JC McIlwaine (file photo)

Security Council ‘outraged’ as second terrorist attack in 24 hours strikes Russian city

30 December 2013
Members of the United Nations Security Council said they are “outraged” by today’s terrorist attack targeting a bus in Volgograd, Russia, that caused numerous deaths and injuries – the second suicide bombing in the city within a 24-hour period.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras (file photo)

Ban and Security Council strongly condemn terrorist attack at Russian train station

29 December 2013
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council strongly condemned the terrorist attack that occurred at the central train station of the Russian city of Volgograd today causing numerous deaths and injuries.
Wide view of the Security Council.
UN Photo/JC McIlwaine (file photo)

Security Council extends UN counter-terrorism body for another four years

17 December 2013
The Security Council today extended the mandate of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) – an expert body that functions as a United Nations special political mission – for another four years.