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UNSC passes resolution on foreign jihadists

AFP, United Nations
US President Barack Obama yesterday led the UN Security Council in unanimously approving a binding resolution on stemming the flow of foreign jihadists to Iraq and Syria.
The resolution requires all countries to adopt laws that would make it a serious crime for their nationals to join jihadist groups such as Islamic State and Al-Nusra Front.
Obama described the resolution as "historic" at the spedal session of the Council, only the sixth time in UN history that the council was convening at the level of heads of state.
Obama opened the session by voicing solidarity with France after one of its citizens was kidnapped and beheaded by jihadists in Algeria linked to the Islamic State group.
"We stand with you and the French people as you grieve this terrible loss and as you stand up against terror in defense of liberty," Obama said, turning his gaze towards French President Francois Hollande.
The resolution states that "nations must prevent the movement of terrorist or terrorist groups through their territory and ensure that domestic laws allow for prosecution of those who attempt to do so," he said.
About 15,000 foreign fighters from 80 countries have
joined the ranks of jihadists in Syria, according to US intelligence estimates.
The call for action to stem the flow of foreign fighters is fueled by fears that new terror networks will emerge from the Syria-Iraq front, much in the same way that the September 11, 2001 attacks were linked to the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.
The resolution falls under Chapter 7 of the
UN charter, which means the measures could be enforced by economic sanctions or military force.
Obama appealed to countries to join the US-led coalition against the Islamic State during an address a few hours earlier to the UN General Assembly.
Sanctions on 12 'terrorist' group supporters
Meanwhile, United States yesterday issued financial sanctions against 11 individuals and a foreign entity it designated as "global terrorists”, vowing to disrupt the finances of the Islamic State group and al-Qaeda.
The sanctions would see any US assets belonging to those affected frozen, while any transactions with US persons would be prohibited. Those listed worked with a range of organizations - al-Qaeda and its affiliates; the Islamic State group; Al-Nusra Front; and Jemaah Islamiyah - "to send financial and material support, and foreign terrorist fighters to Syria and elsewhere," the US Treasury Department said.