UN / ISIL

The Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, told the Security Council that "ISIL’s global expansion strategy may be a reaction to recent territorial losses inflicted by international military efforts.” UNIFEED-UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:40
• Production Date: 9 February 2016
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: JEFFREY FELTMAN
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: TERRORISM
• MAMS Id: 1560798
• Parent Id: 1560798
• Alternate Title: unifeed160209b

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STORY: UN / ISIL
TRT: 02:40
SOURCE: UNIFEED-UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 09 FEBRUARY 2016, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

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RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior, UN headquarters

09 FEBRUARY 2016, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Wide shot audience
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs:
"ISIL’s global expansion strategy may be a reaction to recent territorial losses inflicted by international military efforts. In this context, the swift expansion of ISIL’s operations across West and North Africa, the Middle East and South and South-East Asia, the increasing number of terrorist groups pledging of allegiance to its cause, and the substantial flow of foreign terrorist fighters from around the world, are sources of major concern."
5. Med shot, delegates
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs:
"ISIL continues to perpetuate appalling human rights abuses against populations under its control including mass executions, widespread torture, amputations, ethnic sectarian attacks, sexual violence, enslavement, and the systematic recruitment and abuse of children. The Secretary-General has said previously that some of ISIL’s crimes, if proven, constitute crimes against humanity."
7. Med shot, delegates
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs:
"The main funding sources include the exploitation of oil and other natural resources, what we would call taxing, confiscation, looting of archaeological sites, external donations, ransom payments, and other financial techniques such as the use of internet and social media to raise funds. ISIL’s attraction to potential recruits continues unabated, particularly among young people in both developed and developing states."
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs:
"Member states should ensure the timely exchange of information on financial intelligence, implement relevant Security Council resolutions, and strengthen their collaboration with private sector actors to address the threat. The United Nations should support these efforts in a more comprehensive way, particularly in its field operations, including by enhancing its research on the nexus between ISIL and transnational organized crime, and stepping up international assistance to build member states’ capacities."
10. Wide shot, Security Council

Storyline

The Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, told the Security Council today (09 Feb) that "ISIL’s global expansion strategy may be a reaction to recent territorial losses inflicted by international military efforts.”

In this context, he said, “the swift expansion of ISIL’s operations across West and North Africa, the Middle East and South and South-East Asia, the increasing number of terrorist groups pledging of allegiance to its cause, and the substantial flow of foreign terrorist fighters from around the world, are sources of major concern."

The Under-Secretary-General, briefing the Council on a new report by the Secretary-General assessing the threat posed by ISIL, said the terrorist group finances its operations through a variety of means, including “the exploitation of oil and other natural resources, what we would call taxing, confiscation, looting of archaeological sites, external donations, ransom payments, and other financial techniques such as the use of internet and social media.”

Feltman said that, in the context of countering the financing of terrorism, Member States should ensure the timely exchange of information and financial intelligence, implement relevant Security Council resolutions, and strengthen their collaboration with private sector actors to address the threat.

Among other steps, he added, Member States should criminalize the travel of foreign terrorist fighters in accordance with relevant Security Council resolutions and take measures to strengthen their border-management regimes.