Threat Of Foreign Terrorist Fighters Was A Global Problem, Laborde

The Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED), Jean-Paul Laborde, told reporters on Tuesday (6 Oct) at the United Nations, that the threat of foreign terrorist fighters was a global problem.

During a press briefing on the second report on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2178, adopted in 2014 and which outlines members states obligations to prevent the recruiting, organising, transporting or equipping of individuals who travel to a state to perpetrate acts of terrorism, Laborde said "we have around 30,000 foreign terrorist fighters coming from more than 100 countries in the world, which means it is not, it is not a regional problem, the problem of one region of the world. It's really a problem of the world."

Through the resolution, the Security Council decided that all states need to ensure that their legal systems provide for the prosecution, as serious criminal offences, of travel for terrorism or related training, as well as the financing or facilitation of such activities.

Laborde said that public measures alone, were not sufficient to stem the flow of foreign terrorist fighters, but that the need of private companies was also necessary. "Why?" Laborde asked reporters, "because the recruitment of foreign terrorist fighters is manly done through ICT (Information Communication Technologies) through Social Media, Internet, Facebook, etc."

With the resolution, it was also decided that member states must prevent entry or transit through their territories of any individual about whom that state has credible information of their terrorist-related intentions, without prejudice to transit necessary for the furtherance of judicial processes. It further called on states to require airlines to provide passenger lists for that purpose.

However, Laborde noted that "information sharing among governments on the Advance Passenger Information (API) still needs to be enhanced."

The CTED chief added that "if we cannot sentence foreign terrorist fighters and people from ISIS who are the recruiters, we will not show to the world that the international community works with efficiency against this phenomenon."
STORY: UN / FOREIGN TERRORIST FIGHTERS
SOURCE: UNIFEED-UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 06 OCTOBER 2015, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT

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1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters

06 OCTOBER 2015, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Jean-Paul Laborde, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED), entering press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean-Paul Laborde, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED):
"And keep in mind that we have around 30,000 foreign terrorist fighters coming from more than 100 countries in the world, which means it is not, it is not a regional problem, the problem of one region of the world. It's really a problem of the world."
4. Med shot, briefing in progress
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean-Paul Laborde, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED):
"Also the private companies we cannot pretend to stem the flow of foreign terrorist fighters only through public measures. It's quite impossible. Why? Because the recruitment of foreign terrorist fighters is manly done through ICT (Information Communication Technologies) through Social Media, Internet, Facebook, etc."
6. Med shot, briefing in progress
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean-Paul Laborde, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED):
"Information sharing among governments on the Advance Passenger Information (API) still needs to be enhanced."
8. Med shot, briefing in progress
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean-Paul Laborde, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED):
"It is quite clear that if we cannot sentence foreign terrorist fighters and people from ISIS who are the recruiters, we will not show to the world that the international community works with efficiency against this phenomenon. Thank you."
10. Zoom out to wide shot, end of briefing
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