UN creates a new office for counter-terrorism

Thứ Năm, 23/02/2017, 15:46

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres claims that the United Nations system should have a new office for counter-terrorism.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday proposed creating a new office for counter-terrorism to lead the world body's efforts to combat terrorism.

UN Secretary-general Antonio Gutteres (Photo: UN)

Guterres told the General Assembly at an informal meeting that the office would be headed by a new under-secretary-general, and it would include teams working on counter-terrorism within the UN Secretariat.

The office would be mandated with promoting the implementation of the UN Counter-Terrorism Strategy and meanwhile better assisting member states in counter-terrorism capacity building, according to Guterres.

"Our aim is to build a new partnership with member states on countering the transnational threat of terrorism which needs to be addressed urgently," said UN Secretary-General

"Any activities of the new office would be in support of and upon the request of member states," Mr Gutteres added.

Xinhua