Jean-Yves Le Drian, United Nations Security Council president, speaks at the UN headquarters about threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts, Thursday, March 28, 2019. The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution aimed at strengthening global efforts to combat the numerous and new ways that terrorist groups raise funds to finance their operations. The French-drafted resolution approved Thursday orders all countries to ensure that their domestic laws are sufficient to prosecute and penalize those responsible for directly or indirectly financing "terrorist organizations or individual terrorists for any purpose." At right is Hasmik Egian, Director of the Security Council Affairs Division of the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs. (Eskinder Debebe/United Nations via AP)
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