Yoon Hee-geun, Commissioner of the National Police Agency, "Counterterrorism Requires Interagency Collaboration and International Cooperation"

2023 High-Level International Academic Conference on Counterterrorism

Yoon Hee-geun, Commissioner of the National Police Agency, stated on the 20th, "Counterterrorism cannot be resolved by the efforts of a single country or institution alone," adding, "Collaboration among all government ministries and cooperation with the international community are essential."

Yoon Hee-geun, Commissioner of the National Police Agency, is delivering a greeting at the National Assembly audit of the National Police Agency held on the 7th at the National Police Agency in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul. Photo by the National Assembly Press Photographers Group

Commissioner Yoon made these remarks while attending the '2023 High-Level International Academic Forum on Counterterrorism' held at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul.

About 150 senior officials from counterterrorism-related organizations participated in the forum, including Ban Ki-moon, the 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations; Yoon Seok-jin, President of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology; Kim Hyuk-soo, Director of the Counterterrorism Center at the Office for Government Policy Coordination; and Christopher O'Donnell, Team Leader of the UN Counterterrorism Office. They presented opinions on the latest trends and responses in counterterrorism and explored ways to strengthen international cooperation.

Secretary-General Ban said, "New technologies such as drones, robots, and the internet are interconnected, leading to unpredictable new-tech terrorism," and described the event as "a timely and meaningful occasion to analyze recent terrorism types and share response strategies."

Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General of the UN Counterterrorism Office, emphasized in his keynote speech, "We must pay attention to the unlimited potential threats related to new technologies such as drones, nuclear, chemical, biological, and radiological materials," and stressed, "It is imperative to strengthen multilateralism and international cooperation."

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