GENEVA / VIOLENT EXTREMISM WRAP

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told delegates at the opening of a conference on preventing violent extremism that “the objective of violent extremists is not necessarily to turn on us – it is for us to turn on each other.” UNTV CH

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:28
• Production Date: 8 April 2016
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: BAN KI-MOON
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - UNHRC
• Subject Topical: TERRORISM
• MAMS Id: 1599012
• Parent Id: 1599012
• Alternate Title: unifeed160408b

Description

STORY: GENEVA/ VIOLENT EXTREMISM WRAP
TRT: 02:28
SOURCE: UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 8 APRIL 2016 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, exterior, Palais des Nations
2. Pan left, Human Rights Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General, United Nations:
“Let us be absolutely clear from the outset: the phenomenon of violent extremism conducive to terrorism is not rooted or confined to any religion, region, nationality or ethnic group. Let us also recognize that today, the vast majority of victims worldwide are Muslims. The objective of violent extremists is not necessarily to turn on us – it is for us to turn on each other. Their biggest mission is not the action, it is the reaction. The aim is to divide communities. The goal is to let fear rule. Let this conference – and our unity today – be the ultimate rebuke to that bankrupt strategy."
4. Wide shot, podium
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General, United Nations:
“We need a dynamic, coherent and multidimensional response from the entire international community. I pledge to leverage the universal membership and the convening power of the United Nations to further strengthen international cooperation at a national, regional and global levels”.
6. Wide shot, meeting
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Didier Reynders, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Belgium :
“While right now in Europe, in the aftermath of terrorist attacks, we are putting in place new measures to confront the menace that is pressing our societies, it is important that one impartial monitor continues to objectively analyse our politics in terms of rule of law and human rights. The tools for these exist within the Council of Europe.”
8. Med shot, delegates
9. SOUNDBITE (French) Didier Reynders, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Belgium:
“The respect of human rights is not only an efficient way to fight against the terrorism but also a way to prevent terrorists from gaining ground.”
Wide shot, meeting

Storyline

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told delegates at the opening of a conference in Geneva today (8 Apr) on preventing violent extremism that “the objective of violent extremists is not necessarily to turn on us – it is for us to turn on each other.”

Seeking to engage nations around the world to design and adopt national plans of action that would prevent the spread of violent extremism, the Secretary-General said “the phenomenon of violent extremism conducive to terrorism is not rooted or confined to any religion, region, nationality or ethnic group.”

Ban warned that the spread of violent terrorism, associated with the acts of groups such as Da’esh (ISIS), Boko Haram, Al Qaeda and others, should not mislead policy-makers into thinking that violent extremism is confined to certain groups, cultures or religions.

He said “let us also recognize that today, the vast majority of victims worldwide are Muslims. The objective of violent extremists is not necessarily to turn on us – it is for us to turn on each other. Their biggest mission is not the action, it is the reaction.”

In his speech, he pledged “leverage the universal membership and the convening power of the United Nations to further strengthen international cooperation at a national, regional and global levels.”

Among the speakers at the morning session was Didier Reynders, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium, a country recently at the centre of much media attention after the devastating attacks in Paris, in which several young Belgian nationals were implicated as terrorists, and the more recent attacks in Brussels.

Reynders said governments need to insure that the respect of Human Rights and Rule of Law are not jeopardised while putting in place new measures to fight terrorism. He added in “the respect of human rights is not only an efficient way to fight against the terrorism but also a way to prevent terrorists from gaining ground.”

The Geneva Conference on Preventing Violent Extremism provides an opportunity for the international community to share experiences and good practices and to discuss opportunities to prevent violent extremism at the global, regional and national level.