The UN Security Council unanimously renewed Thursday, December 30 in the evening and for four years the mandate of its Counter-Terrorism Committee, a body created at the end of 2001 after the attacks of September 11.
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The Security Council decided today, during a virtual meeting, that the Executive Directorate of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (DECT) will retain its status of special political mission until 31 December 2025,
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This four-year renewal - conditional on the production of progress reports in March and December 2022 and 2023 - was formalized by Security Council resolution 2617 (2021), the latest of this year.
The Counter-Terrorism Committee, which represents the 15 member countries of the Security Council, was created by resolution 1373 (2001), just after the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.
It works to strengthen the capacities of UN Member States to prevent terrorist acts on their territory and in the world (exchange of information, judicial cooperation, border control, fight against the financing of terrorism).
The management of the Committee has around 40 officials, most of them legal experts.