The Security Council called on 78 countries to urgently submit reports on their efforts to combat terrorism to the U.N. committee monitoring what governments are doing to stop terrorists from getting money, support and sanctuary. A presidential statement, adopted Tuesday by consensus by the council, endorsed the counter-terrorism committee’s plans to step-up its activities, including sending teams to visit countries which need assistance in their efforts to combat terrorism. It noted that 78 of the 191 U.N. member states hadn’t submitted updated reports to the committee on time, and called on them “urgently to do so.” The council also encouraged “the largest possible number of states to become parties to the international conventions and protocols related to counter-terrorism.”Full Story
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