UN Documents for Counter-Terrorism

Selected Security Council Resolutions View All
17 December 2021 S/RES/2610 This resolution renewed and updated the 1267/1989/2253 ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida sanctions regime.
29 December 2020 S/RES/2560 This resolution focuses on the work of the 1267/1989/2253 Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee and its Monitoring Team.
19 July 2019 S/RES/2482 This was on the nexus between terrorism and international organised crime.
Selected Security Council Presidential Statements View All
9 August 2021 S/PRST/2021/15 This presidential statement reaffirmed that international law, as reflected in UNCLOS, sets out the legal framework applicable to activities in the oceans and encouraged member states to continue building and strengthening their capacities to enhance maritime security, including against piracy and armed robbery at sea, terrorist activities, and transnational organized crime.
12 January 2021 S/PRST/2021/1 This was on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1373 and the establishment of the CTC.
11 March 2020 S/PRST/2020/5 This presidential statement was adopted during a debate entitled “Countering terrorism and extremism in Africa” under the agenda item “Peace and security in Africa”, a signature event of China’s Council presidency.
Selected Secretary-General's Reports View All
31 January 2024 S/2024/117 This was the Secretary-General's 18th report on the threat posed by ISIL/Da'esh to international peace and security.
31 July 2023 S/2023/568 This was the Secretary-General's 17th report on the threat posed by ISIL/Da'esh to international peace and security.
26 July 2022 S/2022/576 This was the Secretary-General's 15th report on the threat posed by ISIL/Da'esh to international peace and security.
Selected Sanctions Committee Documents View All
24 July 2023 S/2023/549 This letter transmits the the thirty-second report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team pursuant to resolutions 1526 (2004) and 2253 (2015), which was submitted to the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities.
11 July 2022 S/2022/547 This is the 30th report of the 1267/1989/2253 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team.
21 July 2021 S/2021/655 This contained the 28th report of the 1267/1989/2253 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee’s Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team.
Selected Security Council Letters View All
13 February 2023 S/2023/95 This was a letter dated 13 February 2023 from the Chair of the 1267 sanctions committee concerning ISIL/al-Qaida addressed to the President of the Security Council, transmitting the thirty-first report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team.
15 February 2021 S/2021/140 This contained the briefings given by Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov, the head of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism, and Michèle Coninsx, Executive Director of the Counter Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate as well as the statements given by Council members during the 10 February meeting on the Secretary-General's 12th biannual strategic-level report on the threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or Da’esh).
8 February 2021 S/2021/122 This was from the Ombudsperson containing the 20th report of his Office.
Selected Security Council Meeting Records View All
15 November 2023 S/PV.9478 This document is the meeting record of the Security Council's annual open briefing on the work of its counter-terrorism-related committees.
10 November 2022 S/PV.9188 This was a debate titled “Counter-terrorism in Africa: An imperative for peace, security and development” under the agenda item “Threats to international peace and security”.
9 August 2022 S/PV.9108 This briefing discussed the Secretary-General’s 15th biannual strategic-level report on the threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh).
Selected Security Council Press Statements View All
27 July 2020 SC/14262 This was on the 22 July killing of five humanitarian aid workers in Nigeria.
1 July 2020 SC/14239 This was on a 29 June terrorist attack in Karachi, Pakistan, resulting in several deaths.
6 August 2019 SC/13911 Council members condemned a terrorist attack in Cairo, Egypt, that took place on 4 August, which resulted in at least 20 killed and many others injured.
Selected General Assembly Documents View All
30 June 2021 A/RES/75/291 This approved the seventh review of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.
26 June 2018 A/RES/72/284 This was a resolution on the review of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.
15 June 2017 A/RES/71/291 This was a resolution that established the UN Counter-Terrorism Office headed by a new Under-Secretary-General.
Selected Human Rights Council Documents View All
4 February 2009 A/HRC/10/3 This was the report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism.
21 May 2005 2005/80 This resolution appointed a special rapporteur on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism.
Selected Notes by the President of the Security Council View All
16 September 2016 S/2016/791 This was a concept note circulated by New Zealand ahead of the ministerial-level meeting on countering the terrorist threat to civil aviation.
29 March 1995 S/1995/234 This note indicated that the Council agreed to implement measures to make the sanctions committees more transparent by, inter alia, increasing the practice of issuing press releases after Committee meetings.
Selected Other Documents View All
31 August 2020 S/2020/852 This was the draft resolution in blue on the prosecution, rehabilitation and reintegration of foreign terrorist fighters, put forward by Indonesia. The draft resolution failed to be adopted because of a US veto. The 14 other Council members voted in favour of the draft.