VLOG: Obama leads UN meeting vs foreign fighters

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'Promises on paper cannot keep us safe. The words spoken here today must be matched and translated into action,' says Obama

UNITED NATIONS – US President Barack Obama presides over a meeting of the UN Security Council to urge the international community to fight terrorism.

The meeting is part of the US strategy to degrade and destroy ISIS and only the second time an American president presides over the council.

Ayee Macaraig files this video blog from New York.

US President Barack Obama leads the Security Council Summit on Foreign Terrorist Fighters. UN Photo

US President Barack Obama brings his case against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria to the United Nations.
Obama chairs a historic meeting of the UN Security Council, which unanimously adopts a US-drafted resolution to stop the flow of foreign terrorist fighters.
In this rare summit, Obama says the support of 104 states co-sponsoring the resolution shows the importance of fighting foreign jihadis.
World leaders fear that foreign terrorists will return to their home countries to carry out attacks using the skills they honed in battle as in the case of 9/11 and the 2002 Bali bombings.
The resolution compels all 193 UN member states to stop suspected terrorists from entering or passing through their territories, and to pass laws to prosecute them.
The UN says there are more than 15,000 foreign fighters from over 80 nations joining ISIS and the Al-Qaeda-linked Al Nusra Front.

BARACK OBAMA, US PRESIDENT: The historic resolution that we just adopted enshrines our commitment to meet this challenge. It is legally binding. It establishes new obligations that nations must meet. Resolutions alone will not be enough. Promises on paper cannot keep us safe. Lofty rhetoric and good intentions will not stop a single terrorist attack.The words spoken here today must be matched and translated into action

The discussion also touches on the role of Southeast Asian countries like Indonesia and Malaysia in combatting ISIS.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says it’s crucial that the heads of these Muslim-majority nations stress that ISIS is anti-Islam.
World leaders also discuss the need to improve economic and social conditions, especially for the Arab youth, as part of the anti-ISIS strategy.

BAN KI-MOON, UN SECRETARY-GENERAL: Missiles may kill terrorists. But good governance kills terrorism. Free and independent societies – free from suffering, oppression and occupation – this is what will kill terrorism.

With the difficulty in enforcing UN resolutions, Obama ask delegates to take concrete steps to fight terrorism.
He says only international cooperation can dismantle what he calls the “network of death.”

Ayee Macaraig, Rappler, United Nations

– Rappler.com

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