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美国总统奥巴马9月24日在安理会峰会上表示，安理会最新通过的决议对许多恐怖主义问题作出了解决的承诺，包括外国恐怖作战人员问题、防止资助恐怖主义、防止恐怖主义人员出入境。我们要积极寻找政治解决方案，而不是诉诸武力。人民生活得更加安全幸福，恐怖主义就是无源之水。
Remarks by the President at U.N. Security Council Summit on Foreign
Terrorist Fighters
United Nations
New York, New York
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you, His Excellency, the Secretary-General, for his
statement. I'll now make a statement in my capacity as President of the United
States.
Mr. Secretary-General, heads of state and government distinguished
representatives, thank you for being here today.
In the nearly 70 years of the United Nations, this is only the sixth time
that the Security Council has met at a level like this. We convene such sessions
to address the most urgent threats to peace and security. And I called this
meeting because we must come together -- as nations and an international
community -- to confront the real and growing threat of foreign terrorist
fighters.
As I said earlier today, the tactic of terrorism is not new. So many
nations represented here today, including my own, have seen our citizens killed
by terrorists who target innocents. And today, the people of the world have been
horrified by another brutal murder, of Herve Gourdel, by terrorists in Algeria.
President Hollande, we stand with you and the French people not only as you
grieve this terrible loss, but as you show resolve against terror and in defense
of liberty.
What brings us together today, what is new is the unprecedented flow of
fighters in recent years to and from conflict zones, including Afghanistan and
the Horn of Africa, Yemen, Libya, and most recently, Syria and Iraq.
Our intelligence agencies estimate that more than 15,000 foreign fighters
from more than 80 nations have traveled to Syria in recent years. Many have
joined terrorist organizations such as al Qaeda’s affiliate, the Nusrah Front,
and ISIL, which now threatens people across Syria and Iraq. And I want to
acknowledge and thank Prime Minister Abadi of Iraq for being here today.
In the Middle East and elsewhere, these terrorists exacerbate conflicts;
they pose an immediate threat to people in these regions; and as we’ve already
seen in several cases, they may try to return to their home countries to carry
out deadly attacks. In the face of this threat, many of our nations -- working
together and through the United Nations -- have increased our cooperation.
Around the world, foreign terrorist fighters have been arrested, plots have been
disrupted and lives have been saved.
Earlier this year at West Point, I called for a new Partnership to help
nations build their capacity to meet the evolving threat of terrorism, including
foreign terrorist fighters. And preventing these individuals from reaching Syria
and then slipping back across our borders is a critical element of our strategy
to degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL.
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. Specifically, nations are required to “prevent and suppress
the recruiting, organizing, transporting or equipping” of foreign terrorist
fighters, as well as the financing of their travel or activities. Nations must
“prevent the movement of terrorists or terrorist groups” through their
territory, and ensure that their domestic laws allow for the prosecution of
those who attempt to do so.
The resolution we passed today calls on nations to help build the capacity
of states on the front lines of this fight -- including with the best practices
that many of our nations approved yesterday, and which the United States will
work to advance through our Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund. This resolution
will strengthen cooperation between nations, including sharing more information
about the travel and activities of foreign terrorist fighters. And it makes
clear that respecting human rights, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law is
not optional -- it is an essential part of successful counterterrorism efforts.
Indeed, history teaches us that the failure to uphold these rights and freedoms
can actually fuel violent extremism.
Finally, this resolution recognizes that there is no military solution to
the problem of misguided individuals seeking to join terrorist organizations,
and it, therefore, calls on nations to work together to counter the violent
extremism that can radicalize, recruit, and mobilize individuals to engage in
terrorism. Potential recruits must hear the words of former terrorist fighters
who have seen the truth -- that groups like ISIL betray Islam by killing
innocent men, women and children, the majority of whom are Muslim.
Often it is local communities -- family, friends, neighbors, and faith
leaders -- that are best able to identify and help disillusioned individuals
before they succumb to extremist ideologies and engage in violence. That’s why
the United States government is committed to working with communities in America
and around the world to build partnerships of trust, respect and
cooperation.
Likewise, even as we are unrelenting against terrorists who threaten our
people, we must redouble our work to address the conditions -- the repression,
the lack of opportunity, too often the hopelessness that can make some
individuals more susceptible to appeals to extremism and violence. And this
includes continuing to pursue a political solution in Syria that allows all
Syrians to live in security, dignity, and peace.
This is the work that we must do as nations. These are the partnerships we
must forge as an international community. And these are the standards that we
now must meet. Yet even as we’re guided by the commitments that we make here
today, let me close by stating the obvious. 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,
into deeds -- concrete action, within nations and between them, not just in the
days ahead, but for years to come. For if there was ever a challenge in our
interconnected world that cannot be met by any one nation alone, it is this:
terrorists crossing borders and threatening to unleash unspeakable violence.
These terrorists believe our countries will be unable to stop them. The safety
of our citizens demand that we do. And I’m here today to say that all of you who
are committed to this urgent work will find a strong and steady partner in the
United States of America.
I now would like to resume my function as President of the Council. And I
will now give the floor to the other members of the Security Council.
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