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Security Council calls on UN Member States to submit counter-terrorism reports

After hearing a report from its Counter-terrorism Committee (CTC) that the fight against the scourge had now gone global with the United Nations at its centre, the Security Council today called on UN Member States to urgently submit outstanding reports on their part in the battle.

UN committee recommends working group for anti-terrorism treaties

A United Nations General Assembly committee has recommended the establishment of a working group to settle outstanding issues in two draft conventions on terrorism, including the definition of terrorism itself, and the possible holding of a high-level UN conference on an international organized response to all forms of the scourge.

UN committee continues work on draft anti-terrorism treaty

A United Nations General Assembly committee has begun its latest negotiating session on a draft treaty dealing with terrorism, with its focus directed to the thorny issue of defining terrorism and its relation to liberation movements.