UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that countries must tackle the “underlying conditions that can lead to terrorism,” such as poverty, to prevent such violence from spreading.
“While we have made some significant gains over the years, terrorism and violent extremism continue to take root and grow,” he told a conference on the subject in New York.
Guterres called on nations to “stand as one against this global threat.”
“Al-Qaeda and Da’esh affiliates in Africa are rapidly gaining ground in places like the Sahel and probing southward toward the Gulf of Guinea,” he said, also citing the “brutal legacy” of the so-called Islamic State group (IS) in Syria and Iraq.
“Neo-Nazi and white supremacist movements are fast-becoming the primary internal security threats in a number of countries,” Guterres added.
Stressing that extremism “preys” on the multiple crises impacting the world, from the food and energy crisis to climate change and the spread of hatred online, Guterres said: “We must focus on the most effective approach to ending this menace: prevention.“বিস্তারিত