“We have the chair of the UN Security Council at the moment and we will do all we can”. “It provides a guarantee that there will be an effective fight against global terrorism”.
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Speaking on French television ahead of the meeting, prime minister Manuel Valls said members of the terrorist cell had taken advantage of the “chaos” caused by the refugee crisis to slip into the country undetected.
France’s resolution came as a response to Mr. Hollande’s call before the French parliament on Monday for a “grand and single coalition” with the USA and Russian Federation against Islamic State. He said the Security Council must adopt a resolution to fight Islamic extremists.
The resolution condemns the November 13 Paris terrorist attacks that ISIL has claimed responsibility for, as well as the October 31 Russian A321 plane crash over Egypt.
Calling for this united “all necessary measures” action while reaffirming “its respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity, independence and unity” of all states, the resolution deals with the thorny issue that a few world powers have confronted when they send soldiers into or conduct air strikes over Syria.
Syria’s UN Ambassador, Bashar Ja’afari, stated prior to Friday’s vote that this resolution was long overdue.
British Ambassador Matthew Rycroft, whose country chairs the council this month, said the Russian measure “seeks to legitimize the authority of Assad” and added that it did “not have much prospect”. Greek officials have previously said that a man carrying a Syrian passport with the name Ahmad Al-Mohammad was processed on the island of Leros on the same date, having arrived there from Turkey. The United States and others want Assad to step aside during or at the end of a transition period. Mr. Cameron has outlined plans to begin airstrikes by the United Kingdom in Syria. Churkin said that efforts to block the Russian draft were “shortsighted”.
The Paris prosecutor’s office says the eight people detained Wednesday in a police raid that killed the suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks will stay in custody for at least another day.
Specifically, the resolution opens the door for military force against the Islamic State and al-Nusra Front terror groups, but could also allow for the targeting of other extremist groups.
It also urges states to intensify efforts to stem the flow of foreigners looking to fight with IS in Iraq and Syria and to prevent and suppress financing of terrorism.
The major goal of Washington and allied nations is to destroy the Syrian government, not to defeat the Islamic State, a prominent Canadian global criminal lawyer told Sputnik Thursday.
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The resolution warned that the Sunni militant group intended to mount further attacks like those in Paris and Beirut last week, and said that the council was determined to “combat by all means this unprecedented threat”.
