"COUNTER-TERRORISM"

Open briefing of the Counter-Terrorism Committee on the nexus between international terrorism and transnational organized crime. The aim of the open briefing, which was organized in cooperation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), was to (i) help strengthen the understanding of the nexus as it pertains to criminal activities linked to trafficking in persons committed for the purpose of supporting terrorism, the nexus between drug trafficking and terrorism, and arms trafficking and terrorism; and (ii) promote a discussion of responses.

United Nations counter-terrorism mechanisms must be flexible, adapt rapidly to fighters’ increasingly creative, diffuse tactics, Security Council hears at 8364th meeting.

High-Level Side Event on cross border peace initiatives along the Kenya-Ethiopia Border. Resilience and devolution: the experience of Kenya and Ethiopia, and the Horn of Africa in the prevention of violent extremism and conflict.

Addressing the General Assembly, the President of the European Union Donald Tusk said, “only collective responsibility can offer effective solutions to global phenomenon such as migration and forced displacement.” UNIFEED

Speaking at a high-level meeting on Action for Peacekeeping, the UN chief Antonio Guterres called on Member States for more support including “predictable, adequate and sustainable financing.” UNIFEED

Special Envoy for Syria advocates creation of constitutional committee as Security Council delegates hail Russian-Turkish accord on Idlib buffer zone at 8355th meeting.

$7 billion-plus annual budget must achieve best possible value on ground, delegates stress, as Security Council considers peacekeeping reform at 8349th meeting.

United States will respond to chemical weapons use in any assault on Idlib, delegate warns, as Security Council considers outcome of Astana Process Summit at 8347th meeting.

As intensified military presence and increased airstrikes in the north-western region of Syria have prompted fears of a potential humanitarian catastrophe in the last rebel stronghold in the country, the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, told the Security Council that “all ingredients” are present in Idlib “for a perfect storm with potentially devastating humanitarian consequences.” UNIFEED

Press Encounter with Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.