As the militants, particularly ISIL, have over the past two months, carried out deadly attacks in Iraq and Syria, the Council unanimously adopted a United Kingdom-led resolution noting grave concern at “the negative impact of their violent extremist ideology and actions on the stability of the region, the devastating humanitarian impact on the civilian populations and the role of these groups in fomenting sectarian tensions.”
Ongoing turmoil in northern Iraq has led the UN to designate its highest level emergency – “Level 3” – for the resultant humanitarian crisis, citing the scale and complexity of the situation, which is impacting tens of thousands of people that have been forcefully displaced by the armed group, Islamic State.
In its resolution, the Security Council deplored and condemned in the strongest terms “the terrorist acts of ISIL and its violent extremist ideology, and its continued gross, systematic and widespread abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law.”
The Council, observing that that ISIL is “a splinter group” of Al-Qaida, recalled that ISIL and Al-Nusra Front are included on the Al-Qaida sanctions list and, as such, expressed readiness to consider listing individuals, groups, undertakings and entities providing support to ISIL or to Al-Nusra Front, “including those who are financing, arming, planning or recruiting for [those groups] and all [Al-Qaida associates] through information and communications technologies including the internet and social media or through any other means.”
Demanding that ISIL, Al-Nusra Front and all other individuals and groups associated with Al-Qaida cease all violence and terrorist acts and disband, the Council called on all UN Members States to take national measures to “supress the flow of foreign terrorist fighters,” bring them to justice and engage with those at risk of being recruited to discourage travel to Syria and Iraq.
It also reaffirmed that States shall prevent the direct or indirect supply sale or transfer to ISIL and Al-Nusra and associated individuals and groups, of arms and related materials. The Council also notes with concern that oilfields and related infrastructure controlled by ISIL and Al-Nusra are generating income which support their recruitment efforts and strengthen their operational capability to organise and carry out terrorist attacks.
Recalling that the asset freeze, travel ban and arms embargo requirements in paragraph 1 of its resolution 2161 (2014) apply to ISIL, Al-Nusra Front, and all other individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities associated with Al-Qaida, the Council directed the team tasked with monitoring violations of those sanctions to report “within 90 days on the threat, including to the region, posed by [ISIL and Al-Nusra], their sources of arms, funding, recruitment and demographics, and recommendations for additional action to address the threat.”
Annexed to the Council's resolution are the names of the six individuals added to the Al-Qaida sanctions list.
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China supports the UN Security Council resolution to cut down support for extremist groups in Iraq and Syria and calls for enhanced efforts from the international community, said a Chinese envoy to the UN Friday....
ReplyDeleteChina calls upon the international community to faithfully implement Resolution 2170 to strengthen its efforts to combat such terrorist groups as Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Al Nusrah Front (ANF), Liu Jieyi, China's permanent representative to the UN after the unanimous adoption of the resolution.
"Recently, ISIL and the ANF have become rampant in deliberately attacking civilians, persecuting people of other religions and ethnic groups, resulting in large casualties among innocent civilians and displacement of millions," said Liu, noting that the extremist groups have become "a serious threat to peace and security in the Middle East and the world as a whole."
The Chinese envoy called on the international community to " adopt concrete measures to cut off arms and personnel support and financing from outside to these terrorist groups", so as to stop the spread of terrorism in Iraq and other countries, as well as to maintain peace, security and stability in the Middle East and the whole world.
ISIL, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or simply the Islamic State (IS), is an al-Qaida splinter group that has seized swaths of territory in Iraq and Syria and has forced thousands of people mainly from minority communities to flee their homes. ANF is an al-Qaida-linked extremist group fighting the Syrian government.
Liu noted that "ISIL and ANF are increasingly using internet and social media to spread terrorist propaganda video and audio products for recruitment, incitement, or plotting and executing terrorist activities or for raising fund for their terrorist activities."
"We hope that the international community will attach great importance to this issue and to enhance their cooperation on combating cyber terrorism," said he.
"China is also a victim of terrorism. We strongly oppose all forms of terrorism and will continue to actively participate in international counter-terrorism cooperation and to combat the threat of terrorism together," he added.
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/876532.shtml
16/8/14