UN ISIL

The Security Council heard a briefing from Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, on the threat posed by ISIL (Da’esh) to international peace and security, which he said “remains high and continues to diversify.” UNIFEED-UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:53
• Production Date: 8 June 2016
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: JEFFREY FELTMAN; VITALY I. CHURKIN
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: TERRORISM
• Geographic Subject: IRAQ; SYRIA
• MAMS Id: 1638907
• Parent Id: 1638907
• Alternate Title: unifeed160608e

Description

STORY: UN / ISIL
TRT: 01:52
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / RUSSIAN / NATS

DATELINE: 8 JUNE 2016, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters

8 JUNE 2016, NEW YORK CITY

2. Various shots, Security Council vote
3. Med shot, delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs:
“The threat posed by ISIL and its associates remains high and continues to diversify. ISIL’s military setbacks in Iraq and the Syrian Arab Republic could be one of the factors behind the marked increase in the rate of return of foreign terrorist fighters. However ISIL is yet to be strategically or irreversibly weakened. The inflow of arms and ammunitions directly or indirectly into ISIL held territory remains a serious concern.”
5. Med shot, delegates
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs:
“Given its recent military setbacks, ISIL may be moving into a new phase, elevating the role of its affiliates, trying to move funds outside of the current zones of conflict and increasing the risk of complex, multi-wave international attacks. The bombings and shootings in Paris in November 2015 and in Brussels in March 2016, demonstrate the important role that returned foreign fighters can play in coordinating terrorist operations.”
7. Med shot, delegates
8. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vitaly Churkin, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations:
“The document is based on one sided data and does not provide a true picture. For example, in paragraph four of the report it states that the military defeats of ISIL are directly linked to the actions of the international coalition forces. The impression you get is that the report specifically highlights the role of the coalition led by the United States, while the efforts of other states, which are often more effective, are intentionally ignored.”
9. Zoom out, Security Council

Storyline

The Security Council today (8 June) heard a briefing from Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, on the threat posed by ISIL (Da’esh) to international peace and security, which he said “remains high and continues to diversify.”

Feltman said “ISIL’s military setbacks in Iraq and the Syrian Arab Republic could be one of the factors behind the marked increase in the rate of return of foreign terrorist fighters.”

However, he warned, “ISIL is yet to be strategically or irreversibly weakened.”

Feltman said that “given its recent military setbacks, ISIL may be moving into a new phase, elevating the role of its affiliates, trying to move funds outside of the current zones of conflict and increasing the risk of complex, multi-wave international attacks.”

The bombings and shootings in Paris in November 2015 and in Brussels in March 2016, he said, “demonstrate the important role that returned foreign fighters can play in coordinating terrorist operations.”

Also addressing the Council, Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said the report of the Secretary-General, presented by Feltman “is based on one sided data and does not provide a true picture.”

He pointed out that the “the impression you get is that the report specifically highlights the role of the coalition led by the United States, while the efforts of other states, which are often more effective, are intentionally ignored.”