Combating drugs, crime and terrorism
Drug control, crime prevention and combating terrorism
Context
Transnational organized crime and terrorism continue to pose significant challenges to international peace and security, affecting the security and resilience of communities, eroding social cohesion and threatening fundamental human rights. While the growth in Internet connectivity drives progress, cybercrime has also become a pressing global concern.
Our goals
The United Nations is committed to making the world safer from drugs and crime, and to pursuing a future free from terrorism. Our work supports Governments in combating these threats through prevention, criminal justice responses and international cooperation. We assist in setting and implementing international standards and norms, as well as in ensuring compliance with obligations in international instruments on drugs, corruption, transnational organized crime and terrorism.
Organized crime, corruption, drugs and terrorism continue to evolve, converging with crises and undermining security and sustainable development. We must work across borders and sectors to address urgent threats and stay ahead of emerging challenges.
Ghada Waly
Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Terrorism remains a significant and evolving threat to global peace and security, one that no State can confront in isolation. Sustained multilateral cooperation remains essential to countering terrorism effectively.
Vladimir Voronkov
Under-Secretary-General of the Office of Counter-Terrorism