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"The world is facing multiple crises," Ban told reporters.
"All have featured atrocious attacks on civilians, including children," he said. "All have dangerous sectarian, ethnic or tribal dimensions. And many have seen sharp divisions within the international community itself over the response."
On Wednesday, Obama will chair a rare summit meeting of the U.N. Security Council on the problem of foreign fighters. He last chaired a council summit in 2009 on eradicating nuclear weapons.
At Wednesday's meeting, the council plans to adopt a resolution demanding countries "prevent and suppress" recruitment and travel of foreign fighters to join extremist militant groups like IS by ensuring it is a serious criminal offense under domestic laws. Foreign fighters in IS are believed to be the group's cruelest.
originally posted by: OpinionatedB
What is your hope for this UN meeting? What would you like to see accomplished from our leaders?
On Wednesday, Obama will chair a rare summit meeting of the U.N. Security Council on the problem of foreign fighters. He last chaired a council summit in 2009 on eradicating nuclear weapons.
The mass starvation, oppression, disease, genocides and wars ARE NOT BEING addressed by the UN…
originally posted by: OpinionatedB
World leaders to gather at U.N. in shadow of Islamic State, Ebola crises
"The world is facing multiple crises," Ban told reporters.
"All have featured atrocious attacks on civilians, including children," he said. "All have dangerous sectarian, ethnic or tribal dimensions. And many have seen sharp divisions within the international community itself over the response."
Between the war in Ukraine, the Islamic State as well as the spread of the disease Ebola we are facing many difficulties today. On Wednesday of this week world leaders are gathering to discuss these issues and more over the course of 5 days.
On Wednesday, Obama will chair a rare summit meeting of the U.N. Security Council on the problem of foreign fighters. He last chaired a council summit in 2009 on eradicating nuclear weapons.
At Wednesday's meeting, the council plans to adopt a resolution demanding countries "prevent and suppress" recruitment and travel of foreign fighters to join extremist militant groups like IS by ensuring it is a serious criminal offense under domestic laws. Foreign fighters in IS are believed to be the group's cruelest.
This brings a bit of hope for those who are hopeful about seeing the flow of foreign fighters stop and some comprehensive plans on punishments for men who attempt to join, or have joined and want to come back.
At current moment there is somewhere between 12 - 18,000 fighters from western countries fighting with either al-Qaeda or ISIS in Iraq and Syria; this is a lot of our people and represents a challenge as to what our role needs to be in providing a serious deterrent to these men and/or women.
It's good to see this being addressed.
What is your hope for this UN meeting? What would you like to see accomplished from our leaders?
Source: Reuters
Iraq is halting much of the bombing there right now. The new president of Iraq has refused to allow any bombing on ISIS in places where there are civilians. Which is basically saying no more bombing ISIS. People are very very angry about that and it's one of the things being spoken of a lot right now on shia sites.
whatever bombing that the US is doing, is very limited and has been requested by the citizenry to date. So long as it's not trying to take over the country, but rather just help them in their fight, its wanted.