US calls Indonesia’s resolution on terrorism bad

NEW YORK – United States (USA) veto resolution UN Security Council aimed at prosecuting, rehabilitating and reintegrating those who participate in related activities terrorism. The United States says the resolution overlooks a significant portion of the repatriation of foreign fighters from the Islamic State or extremist group. ISIS and their families.

“Resolution Indonesia before us, which should be designed to strengthen international action against counterterrorism, turns out to be worse than no resolution, “said US Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft. German wave, Tuesday (1/9/2020).

The resolution was sponsored by Indonesia, which chaired the Security Council in August. The final vote saw 14 members back the resolution as the United States registers its veto.(Read: The President of the UN Security Council, Indonesia, stops US sanctions against Iran)

“(The resolution) did not even include a reference to an important first step: repatriation to the country of origin or nationality,” Craft said.

The United States has called for foreign fighters to be tried and rehabilitated in their home countries. Yet European countries, including Britain and France, have not shared American enthusiasm for concerns about public reaction or new attacks on their soil. They also mentioned the difficulties in gathering evidence for the crimes that occurred in Iraq and Syria.

In the case of relatives of ISIS fighters, the draft resolution calls for the return of children to their countries of origin, as appropriate and on a case-by-case basis.

With ISIS losing control of much of the land in Syria, the mostly Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have detained thousands of foreign fighters in the northeast of the country. The large camps are also home to thousands of women and children, most of whom are relatives of suspected combatants.

The United Nations has expressed concern about conditions in these slum camps, which are known to be overcrowded. The first resolutions on the issue of foreign fighters and their families are critical to preventing a resurgence of terrorist activity, authorities said.(Read: At the UN Security Council, RI presses to restart the Palestinian-Israeli talks)

“We regret that the resolution has not been adopted,” said a British Foreign Office spokesman after the veto.

“We are working closely with international partners to reduce the risks collectively posed to us by foreign fighters,” he added.

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