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UN Counter-Terrorism Centre in Budapest to Hire More Local Experts

• 21 Dec 2024 5:48 AM

The United Nations Office of Counter Terrorism in Budapest will employ further Hungarian experts under a recently signed agreement, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.

In a Facebook post, the minister noted his Thursday talks with Vladimir Voronkov, UN's under secretary general for counter terrorism, and said a threat of terrorism was facing people in a number of places across the world, mentioning the Sahel in Africa, Syria in the Middle East, and Pakistan and Afghanistan in Asia.

Terrorism, he added, had become a global challenge, affecting regions that had so far been considered safe.

"The UN's most important task should be a successful fight against terrorism," Szijjarto said.

The UN centre in Budapest currently employs 28 people, including 8 Hungarians, he said, adding that the office was serving more and more functions, including monitoring the international movements of terrorists and coordinating actions to thwart such activities.

Under the new agreement, one third of the UN facility's staff will be Hungarian, Szijjarto said.
 

Source: 
MTI - The Hungarian News Agency, founded in 1881.

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