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STORY: UN / ISIL
TRT: 2:22
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 07 FEBRUARY 2020, NEW YORK CITY
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, UNHQ exterior
07 FEBRUARY 2020, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Zoom in, Voronkov joining meeting
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism:
“ISIL lost its last stronghold in the Syrian Arab Republic in March last year and has seen a change in leadership after the death of al- Baghdadi in October, but this report shows that the group remains at the centre of the transnational terrorism threat. We must stay vigilant and united in confronting this scourge.”
5. Wide shot, Security Council
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism:
“Children, including those with links to United Nations-listed terrorist groups, should be treated primarily as victims, and any prosecution should be conducted in accordance with internationally recognized standards. The best solution is to get the children out of harm’s way and back to their home countries, with the rest of their families, as soon as possible.”
7. Wide shot, Security Council
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Michèle Coninsx, Executive Director, Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED):
“Children, regardless of their affiliation, are primarily victims and must be dealt with as such. Being the most vulnerable, they have experienced tremendous trauma and suffering under ISIL. The internment of a generation of children is neither acceptable nor sustainable. Through repatriation and rehabilitation efforts, the international community must work together to prevent recurring cycles of violence and further victimization and offer these children life of dignity and safety.”
9. Wide shot, Security Council
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Michèle Coninsx, Executive Director, Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED):
“ISIL has destroyed entire communities, uprooted families, and brainwashed thousands by spreading its toxic and misguided ideology. Today, the international community has an opportunity to prosecute the perpetrators, rehabilitate the victims, and facilitate reconstruction and community development in places destroyed by ISIL violence.”
11. Wide shot, Security Council
The head of the UN Office on Counterterrorism said even after the death of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ISIL “remains at the centre of the transnational terrorism threat” adding that “we must stay vigilant and united in confronting this scourge.”
Presenting the Secretary-General’s tenth report on the threat posed by ISIL (Da’esh) to the Security Council, Vladimir Voronkov said the terrorist group’s regional affiliates continue pursuing a strategy of entrenchment in conflict zones by exploiting local grievances. He said ISIL foreign terrorist fighters are expected to continue to pose a threat with an estimated 20,000 to 27,000 still alive in Iraq and Syria. The Under-Secretary-General noted that most Member States have not yet assumed responsibility for the repatriation of their nationals.
Voronkov noted the pressing challenge of 100,000 people detained in north-eastern Syria, of whom 70,000 are women and children stranded in the Al Hol camp, for their actual or alleged relationship with Da’esh. He said children “including those with links to United Nations-listed terrorist groups, should be treated primarily as victims, and any prosecution should be conducted in accordance with internationally recognized standards.” He added, “The best solution is to get the children out of harm’s way and back to their home countries, with the rest of their families, as soon as possible.”
Michèle Coninsx, Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), said the world still faced significant challenges in countering ISIL’s activities. She said thousands of ISIL-associated women and children remain in makeshift camps in appalling conditions adding that leaving them to fight for survival, facing threats of further radicalization, would not only be contrary to shared principles of humanity, but also detrimental to counter-terrorism efforts.
SOUNDBITE (English) Michèle Coninsx, Executive Director, Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED):
“Children, regardless of their affiliation, are primarily victims and must be dealt with as such. Being the most vulnerable, they have experienced tremendous trauma and suffering under ISIL. The internment of a generation of children is neither acceptable nor sustainable. Through repatriation and rehabilitation efforts, the international community must work together to prevent recurring cycles of violence and further victimization and offer these children life of dignity and safety.”
Coninsx said bringing ISIL perpetrators to justice continues to be of critical importance adding that she was especially troubled by the continued lack of progress on crimes of sexual violence. She said women and children abducted by ISIL are not yet reunited with their families and numerous children conceived through rape lack legal recognition. She stressed that the culture of impunity for sexual crimes still persists.
Executive Director underscored that ISIL “has destroyed entire communities, uprooted families, and brainwashed thousands by spreading its toxic and misguided ideology. Today, the international community has an opportunity to prosecute the perpetrators, rehabilitate the victims, and facilitate reconstruction and community development in places destroyed by ISIL violence.”
