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STORY: UN / TERRORIST ACTS
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SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 09 FEBRUARY 2022, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN Headquarters
09 FEBRUARY 2022, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Wide shot, delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General, United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT):
“The report asserts that, despite leadership losses and expenses that are diminishing its cash reserves, the threat posed by Da’esh to international peace and security remains high and has increased in and around conflict zones where the group and its affiliates are active. The expansion of Da’esh and its affiliates is particularly worrying in Central and Southern Africa, as well as in the Sahel.”
5. Wide shot, Council
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General, United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT):
“Despite repeated calls by the Secretary-General for urgent action, the dire situation in camps and detention facilities in the northeast of the Syrian Arab Republic persists. The humanitarian, human rights, legal and security risks associated with the status quo have potentially far-reaching consequences in the mid-to-long-term perspective. The pace of repatriations remains too slow, and children continue to bear the brunt of this catastrophe. At the same time, the challenge of foreign terrorist fighters and their family members in not restricted to Iraq and the Syrian Arab Republic. It is a global challenge.”
7. Wide shot, delegates
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General, United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT):
“Beyond the headlines and behind the numbers, there are numerous people and communities who were affected by the heinous crimes of Da’esh and other terrorist groups and individuals. Engaging and addressing the plight of victims and survivors provides us with a compelling reason to support and strengthen our collective efforts to confront and defeat terrorism.”
9. Wide shot, Council
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Weixiong Chen, Acting Executive Director, Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive
Directorate:
“Generating revenue and fundraising have become critical for Da’esh through a wide range of ways, including extortion, looting, smuggling, taxation, soliciting donations, and kidnapping-for-ransom. We have also seen the increased use of means deployed to raise money through social media and gaming platforms, while unregistered informal cash transfer networks and mobile money services continue to be the dominant means of moving money.”
11. Wide shot, Council
“Despite leadership losses and expenses that are diminishing its cash reserves, the threat posed by Da’esh to international peace and security remains high and has increased in and around conflict zones,” according to the new report on the threat posed by ISIL (Da’esh) to international peace and security.
Presenting the Secretary-General’s sixteenth report to the Security Council on Da’esh’s activity, the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), Vladimir Voronkov, said, “the expansion of Da’esh and its affiliates is particularly worrying in Central and Southern Africa, as well as in the Sahel.”
Voronkov said that according to report, “the dire situation in camps and detention facilities in the northeast of the Syrian Arab Republic persists,” adding that “the humanitarian, human rights, legal and security risks associated with the status quo have potentially far-reaching consequences in the mid-to-long-term perspective.”
He said, “the pace of repatriations remains too slow, and children continue to bear the brunt of this catastrophe. At the same time, the challenge of foreign terrorist fighters and their family members in not restricted to Iraq and the Syrian Arab Republic. It is a global challenge.”
The Under-Secretary-General said, “beyond the headlines and behind the numbers, there are numerous people and communities who were affected by the heinous crimes of Da’esh and other terrorist groups and individuals,” and added that “engaging and addressing the plight of victims and survivors provides us with a compelling reason to support and strengthen our collective efforts to confront and defeat terrorism.”
In his address to the Council, the Acting Executive Director, Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive
Directorate, Weixiong Chen, said, “generating revenue and fundraising have become critical for Da’esh through a wide range of ways, including extortion, looting, smuggling, taxation, soliciting donations, and kidnapping-for-ransom.”
Chen said, “we have also seen the increased use of means deployed to raise money through social media and gaming platforms, while unregistered informal cash transfer networks and mobile money services continue to be the dominant means of moving money.”
This is the Secretary-General’s 16th biannual strategic-level report (S/2023/76) on the threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) to international peace and security.
