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STORY: UN / ISIL DA'ESH TERRORIST ACTS
TRT: 03:43
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 25 AUGUST 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
RECENT - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters
25 AUGUST 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General, United Nations Office of Counterterrorism:
“Da’esh and its affiliates continue to constitute a serious threat in conflict zones and neighbouring countries. However, the threat level remains low in non-conflict areas. This analytical distinction can obscure what is the complex, context-specific and dynamic nature of how these groups operate and evolve and their impact on international peace and security.”
4. Med shot, Voronkov addresses the Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General, United Nations Office of Counterterrorism:
“In parts of Africa, the continued expansion of Da’esh and affiliated groups, as well as the increasing level of violence and threat, remain deeply concerning.”
6. Med shot, Council members
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General, United Nations Office of Counterterrorism:
“Beyond Africa, the situation in Afghanistan is growing increasingly complex, with fears of weapons and ammunition falling in the hands of terrorists now materializing.”
8. Med shot, Voronkov addresses the Council
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General, United Nations Office of Counterterrorism:
“This complex picture remains despite successful counter-terrorism initiatives by Member States. There has been progress in targeting Da’esh finances and leadership cadres, including the death of Da’esh leader earlier this year, confirmed by Da’esh itself after the report’s completion. These measures had a notable effect on the group’s operations in Iraq and the Syrian Arab Republic, as well as elsewhere.”
10. Close up, Security Council president
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Natalia Gherman, Executive Director, Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate:
“Da’esh remains agile and ambitious, despite its diminished territorial control.”
12. Med shot, Gherman addresses the Council
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Natalia Gherman, Executive Director, Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate:
“Terrorist activity has continued to occur predominantly in the context of existing conflict. A fragmented geopolitical landscape, including the presence of terrorist groups operating across multiple regions, the emergence of new conflict areas, and growing complexities in armed conflict situations have created additional challenges for Member States and made the resolution of conflicts more difficult.”
14. Wide shot, Security Council with Khalaf on screen
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Farida Khalaf, Survivor, Activist, and President of Farida Global Organization:
I'm a DA'ESH survivor. Like other Yazidi women, I was abducted by DA'ESH elements in August 2014 and I suffered all forms of violence, physical, emotional and mental. I was a girl who dreamed in my 20s of studying and forming a family and living a simple life in my village, in Sinjar. However, fate saw other otherwise. My dreams ended in the hands of DA'ESH and their prisons.”
16. Wide shot, Security Council with Khalaf on screen
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Farida Khalaf, Survivor, Activist, and President of Farida Global Organization:
“I would like to call for more support for survivors and victims. Reparations are not only financial. Achieving justice is extremely important.”
18. Med shot, Council members
UN officials warned the Security Council that Da’esh, also known as ISIL, and its affiliates continue to constitute a “serious threat” and “remains agile and ambitious”.
Briefing Council members today (25 Aug), the Under-Secretary-General for the United Nations Office of Counterterrorism, Vladimir Voronkov, said the terrorist organization is still a “serious threat in conflict zones and neighbouring countries.”
However, added Voronkov, the threat level “remains low” in non-conflict areas.
For the Under-Secretary-General, “this analytical distinction can obscure what is the complex, context-specific and dynamic nature of how these groups operate and evolve and their impact on international peace and security.”
Voronkov informed that “in parts of Africa, the continued expansion of Da’esh and affiliated groups, as well as the increasing level of violence and threat, remain deeply concerning” and that “beyond Africa, the situation in Afghanistan is growing increasingly complex, with fears of weapons and ammunition falling in the hands of terrorists now materializing.”
The Under-Secretary-General said that “this complex picture remains despite successful counter-terrorism initiatives by Member States.”
Voronkov added, “There has been progress in targeting Da’esh finances and leadership cadres, including the death of Da’esh leader earlier this year, confirmed by Da’esh itself after the report’s completion. These measures had a notable effect on the group’s operations in Iraq and the Syrian Arab Republic, as well as elsewhere.”
The Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, Natalia Gherman, also addressed the Council, noting that “Da’esh remains agile and ambitious, despite its diminished territorial control.”
Gherman also said that “terrorist activity has continued to occur predominantly in the context of existing conflict” and “a fragmented geopolitical landscape, including the presence of terrorist groups operating across multiple regions, the emergence of new conflict areas, and growing complexities in armed conflict situations have created additional challenges for Member States and made the resolution of conflicts more difficult.”
Farida Khalaf, a survivor, activist, and President of Farida Global Organization, told the Council, “Like other Yazidi women, I was abducted by DA'ESH elements in August 2014 and I suffered all forms of violence, physical, emotional and mental. I was a girl who dreamed in my 20s of studying and forming a family and living a simple life in my village, in Sinjar. However, fate saw other otherwise. My dreams ended in the hands of DA'ESH and their prisons.”
Khalaf concluded, “I would like to call for more support for survivors and victims. Reparations are not only financial. Achieving justice is extremely important.”
