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Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
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Ban condemns deadly car bomb attack in Saudi Arabia

17 July 2015
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the car bomb attack perpetrated yesterday at a police checkpoint in Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia.
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
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Perpetrators of ‘reprehensible’ terrorist attacks in France, Kuwait and Tunisia must be brought to justice - UN

26 June 2015
Strongly condemning the terrorist attacks carried out separately today in Tunisia, Kuwait and France, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon underscored that, far from weakening the world’s resolve, the heinous incidents will only strengthen commitment to defeating all forms of terrorism.
Aircraft on runway.
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UN urges greater use of advance passenger information to stem flow of foreign terrorist fighters

11 June 2015
A United Nations counter-terrorism body is calling for expanding the use of advance passenger information (API) to stem the flow of foreign terrorist fighters, and recommends a number of measures to help overcome the challenges associated with using this important tool.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his wife Yoo Soon-taek in Bonn, Germany.
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At G7 Summit, Ban outlines draft UN action plan to prevent violent extremism

8 June 2015
Concerned by the spread of violent extremist groups and the “malicious and hateful ideologies” that fuel them, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today outlined elements of an action plan he will present later this year to reinforce good governance, which he sees as terrorism’s true deterrent.
A woman and her children in a camp for internally displaced persons, in Yola, the capital of Adamawa, Nigeria, after members of the Boko Haram rebel group attacked their home.
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‘We can no longer stand by and watch,’ UN official says, urging global action against spread of extremism

3 June 2015
At a Headquarters forum on the role of media in combating terrorism, senior United Nations officials today expressed deep concerns over the impact of foreign terrorist fighters and their use of social media in spreading propaganda and radicalizing and recruit vulnerable young men and women to join their ranks.
Security Council holds meeting on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts.
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At debate, UN and Security Council renew pledge to counter foreign terrorist fighters

29 May 2015
The increasing number of foreign terrorist fighters populating the front-lines of the world's conflict zones is cause for deepening concern and requires the international community's bolstered efforts to combat the scourge, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared today as the Security Council renewed its resolve in addressing this growing threat to international peace and security.

FEATURE: Emerging from the Black Hole – the UN’s fight against youth radicalization

21 May 2015
In the post-September 11th era, youth radicalism is an issue that continues to confound Member States as countless young people enlist in militant groups around the world. But as the world debates the causes of extremism, the UN says comprehensive solutions can be found: through inclusion and progressive youth policies.
Crown Prince Al Hussein Bin Abdullah II of Jordan addresses the Security Council. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) listens to his statement.
UN Photo/Mark Garten

‘Youth represent promise – not peril,’ Ban tells Council debate on countering extremism

23 April 2015
Involving youth in peacebuilding processes the world over is essential to lasting global stability and stemming the growth of radicalism, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared today in remarks delivered to a Security Council session devoted to the role of youth in countering violent extremism and promoting peace.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
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Pakistan: UN chief deplores terrorist attack on Christian sites of worship

16 March 2015
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the terrorist attacks committed against two Christian churches in Pakistan.
Ambassadors representing two countries under attack from ISIL, Bashar Ja’afari (right) of Syria, and Mohamed Ali Alhakim of Iraq, speak to journalists following the adoption of a Security Council resolution targeting sources of financing for the group.
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Security Council approves resolution targeting sources of financing for ISIL

12 February 2015
Urging global cooperation “to impair, isolate and incapacitate” terrorist threats, the United Nations Security Council today approved measures targeting sources of funding for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Al-Nusrah Front (ANF), condemning those buying oil from the groups, banning all trade in looted antiquities from Iraq and Syria, and calling on States to end ransom payments.