Africa: Remarks At a UN Security Council Briefing On Threats to International Peace and Security Caused By Terrorist Acts

Ambassador Tammy Bruce Deputy Representative of the United States to the United Nations New York, New York AS DELIVERED Follow us on WhatsApp | LinkedIn for the latest headlines Thank you, Madam President. It's a pleasure to see you, personally, behind that placard, and to see Denmark in their presidency this month. And, of course, also a thanks to the DRC for the work that they've done leading up to this, and to our briefers today. Since the Council's last briefing on this issue in February, the United States released its new national Counterterrorism Strategy on May 6, identifying three priority threats: narco-terrorists and transnational gangs, legacy Islamist terrorists, and violent left-wing extremists. Countering ISIL, al-Qa'ida, and their affiliates remains a key priority. These gro