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Thursday, 01 September 2016 - 12:00am ±¬ÁÏÍø Photo/JC McIlwaine | Wide view of the General Assembly High-level Forum on the Culture of Peace. Drawing attention to violence and terrorism affecting many parts of the world, the President of the United Nations General Assembly today underscored that¡­

Tuesday, 23 August 2016 - 12:00am ±¬ÁÏÍø Photo/Kim Haughton | Mubinoddin Shaikh, former Taliban radical, addresses the General Assembly High-level Thematic Conversation on Children and Youth affected by Violent Extremism. When he was 19, Mubin Shaikh, believed that ¡°you could change the world overnight¡­

Friday, 05 August 2016 - 12:00am OCHA/Ivo Brandau | IDP site in Mellia, Chad. Attacks by Boko Haram and counter-insurgency measures in the Lake Chad Basin have displaced more than 2.5 million people in four countries. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has commended the European Union (EU)¡­

±¬ÁÏÍøODC | Yury Fedotov (second left), Executive Director of the ±¬ÁÏÍø Office on Drugs and Crime (±¬ÁÏÍøODC), at a special event marking World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. The threat of terrorism has expanded and become increasingly decentralized and diffuse throughout the past 10 years, the top United¡­

OCHA/Ivo Brandau | In Tagal, Chad, an IDP community meets under a tree. More than 100 persons had to flee from one of the small islands in Lake Chad after Boko Haram insurgents attacked their village. To bring an end to the Boko Haram threat in the Lake Chad Basin region, affected countries must¡­

±¬ÁÏÍø Photo/Rick Bajornas | Jean-Paul Laborde, Executive Director of the ±¬ÁÏÍø Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), briefs press on flow of foreign terrorist fighters and recent terror attacks. With more than 30,000 foreign terrorist fighters from some 100 countries around the world¡­

±¬ÁÏÍø General Assembly today adopted a resolution on the ±¬ÁÏÍø Global Counter Terrorism Strategy, with the aim of security peace and prosperity for succeeding generations. The 15-page resolution, adopted by consensus, ¡°calls upon Member States, the United Nations and other appropriate¡­

The unprecedented levels of terrorism and violent extremism on a global scale requires balanced implementation of commitments made through collective action, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today emphasized, calling on the international community to act with unity and resolve to address ¡°this major¡­

Wednesday, 29 June 2016 - 9:00am Kidnapping for ransom (KFR) is a growing threat, and States in northern, eastern and Sahel regions of Africa, in particular, are witnessing a rise in KFR incidents that could fund terrorist organizations. In order to help address the threat, the ±¬ÁÏÍøCCT has launched a¡­

Wednesday, 29 June 2016 - 12:00am Kidnapping for ransom is a growing threat, and States in northern, eastern and Sahel regions of Africa, in particular, are witnessing a rise in KFR incidents that could fund terrorist organizations. In order to help address the threat, the ±¬ÁÏÍøCCT has launched a¡­

Children and youth are often the most vulnerable victims of the scourge of radicalization and violence, the President of the United Nations General Assembly emphasized today, urging the international community to advance its own thinking and refine its responses to addressing the challenges of¡­

Reaffirming that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security, the United Nations Security Council today requested its main counter-terrorism subsidiary body to present a proposal by 30 April 2017 for a comprehensive¡­