02/10/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 02/10/2021 15:21
ISIL Must Be Defeated in Cyberspace, Under-Secretary-General Tells Security Council, as Terrorist Group Takes Advantage of Pandemic-Related Disruptions
Increased online exposure to extremist propaganda and incitement could lead to a sudden rash of terrorist attacks when pandemic-induced movement restrictions ease, the top United Nations counter-terrorism official warned today as the Security Council discussed threats posed by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da esh). We must defeat ISIL in the cyberspace, said Vladimir Voronkov, Under‑Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism and the head of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, in his briefing to the 15‑member organ on the Secretary‑General s twelfth biannual strategic report (document S/2021/98) on ISIL threats.
Held in early February 2021, the workshop was funded by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs to counter wildlife trafficking in Kenya.
Daily Monitor
Wednesday February 10 2021
Mr Alfred Avuni, the director of John Paul II Justice and Peace Centre with some of the girls whom they rescued from Oman and Saudi Arabia last year. PHOTO/STEPHEN OTAGE.
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The John Paul II Justice and Peace Centre, a Catholic Church institution comprising seven missionary congregations, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime have warned of a new wave of crime that involves trafficking in persons for body organs and slavery.
Msgr John Baptist Kauta, the secretary general of the Uganda Episcopal Conference, said many Ugandans are being trafficked, especially to the Middle East, where they are subjected to slavery, cheap labour and their internal body organs harvested for ritual sacrifice.
"To eliminate the many different forms of violence requires a multi-disciplinary approach with effective coordination among the different actors. This must also include comprehensive multi-sectoral and mutually reinforcing prevention strategies that address the root causes of violence."