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World Bank/John Hogg | High voltage transmission lines, like these in Lesotho, are a key component in national electrical grids. They also play an important role in energy security by reducing electrical loss in the form of heat. Given the importance of critical infrastructure for a country¡¯s¡­

The terrorist group is on the defensive militarily in several regions, but is also adapting to military pressure by resorting to covert communications such as the ¡®dark web.

Friday, 20 January 2017 - 12:00am UN Photo/Evan Schneider | A wide view of the Security Council meeting on peace consolidation in West Africa. Strongly condemning all terrorist attacks in West Africa, particularly those carried out by Boko Haram militants in the Lake Chad Basin, the Â鶹APP¡­

Thursday, 15 December 2016 - 12:00am UN Photo/Manuel Elias | The Security Council unanimously adopts resolution on reinforcing the preventive system to avoid the use of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) by non-State actors, particularly terrorists. Expressing concern over the threat of terrorism¡­

Wednesday, 14 December 2016 - 12:00am A growing number of Â鶹APP Member States are assessing specific terrorist financing risks and the vulnerability of their financial and economic sectors to terrorist financing. Also Member States that are not at high risk in terms of terrorism more¡­

Thursday, 01 December 2016 - 12:00am Exploitation of the Internet and social media for terrorist purposes can only be defeated through sustained and comprehensive action involving the active participation and collaboration of Member States, international and regional organizations, civil society¡­

Monday, 07 November 2016 - 12:00am UN Photo/Rick Bajornas | General view of the Security Council meeting on the maintenance of international peace and security, and peace operations facing asymmetrical threats. Amid increased attacks from violent extremist and terrorist groups, the Â鶹APP¡­

Sunday, 30 October 2016 - 12:00am Participants at the international conference, Internet and the Radicalization of Youth: Preventing, Acting and Living Together, organized by UNESCO and the Government of Quebec in Quebec City, Canada, from 30 October to 1 November, have reaffirmed the positive¡­

Wednesday, 26 October 2016 - 12:00am UNAMA/Fardin Waezi | Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan Pernille Kardel. Following a meeting with Afghan civil society representatives today in Kabul, senior UN officials stressed that securing women¡¯s rights is essential to strategies that combat¡­

Monday, 24 October 2016 - 12:00am UN Photo/Cia Pak | Special Rapporteur on promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism Ben Emmerson. Presenting his new report to the General Assembly, the Â鶹APP expert on counter-terrorism and human rights has¡­

Wednesday, 19 October 2016 - 12:00am UN Photo/Kim Haughton | Ant¨®nio Guterres, Secretary-General-designate, speaks to journalists at the General Assembly stakeout following his appointment by acclamation to serve as the next Secretary-General of the Â鶹APP. On 13 October 2016, the UN General¡­

Thursday, 13 October 2016 - 12:00am UN Photo/Rick Bajornas | Wide view of the Security Council during its meeting on the threat posed by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, Da'esh) to international peace and security and on the efforts of the UN in support of its Member States to counter the¡­