"VLADIMIR VORONKOV"

The United Nations held a special tribute ceremony to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The event was organized by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism on behalf of the United Nations, and held at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York. UNITED NATIONS

The United Nations holds the 4th commemoration of the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism.

The Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counterterrorism, Vladimir Voronkov, said, “we will need to ensure that Afghanistan is never again used as launching pad for global terrorism.” UNIFEED

India calls for adoption of convention on terrorism, as Security Council considers fears that fighters will return to Afghanistan, surge in Africa.

“The appeal of terrorist tactics is growing across the ideological spectrum cultivated and accelerated in cyberspace,” the UN counter-terrorism chief said to reporters after the high-level conference ended in New York. UNIFEED

Daily Press Briefing by the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly

Second United Nations High-Level Conference of Heads of Counter-Terrorism Agencies of Member States on countering and preventing terrorism in the age of transformative technologies with the overall theme of “Countering and Preventing Terrorism in the Age of Transformative Technologies: Addressing the Challenges of the New Decade.”

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Secretary-General António Guterres said terrorist groups’ advances in Africa “have been especially alarming,” and stressed that “supporting African countries to prevent and counter the threats posed by these groups must be a global priority for us all.” UNIFEED

The three-day Second United Nations High-Level Conference of Heads of Counter-Terrorism Agencies of Member States on countering and preventing terrorism in the age of transformative technologies kicked off today with the overall theme of “Countering and Preventing Terrorism in the Age of Transformative Technologies: Addressing the Challenges of the New Decade.”