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- ↑ "General Assembly approves creation of new United Nations Counter-Terrorism Office | Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force". un.org. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ↑ "Mr. Vladimir Voronkov -Under Secretary General for Counter-Terrorism - Biography" (PDF). United Nations. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
