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Ibn Ziaten

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2023-06-14
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2023-06-14
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  1. “This woman in front of the Council members is just a mother of five, a woman on the ground. But today I can tell Council members that I have seen millions upon millions of young people. I have prevented quite a few people from going to Syria. I am working on the problem of terrorism. It concerns me enormously. I go to detention facilities and closed homes. I have prevented young people from leaving. I work with young people who have returned from Syria. I work with mothers who have returned from Syria. So, I think we really need to talk to each other and find solutions together. I need the Security Council’s help. I will not give up. I will continue my fight to the very end. I started my engine when I was nine years old, and it is still running. I want to start every engine on Earth so that we can all live in peace, fraternity and love.”

    2023-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9346 (2023) · source

  2. “If you start your engine, I am sure you will achieve your dream. But if you do not start your engine, you will not make it. Look at this mother in front of you. This is a mother and a woman who has been torn apart by the death of her 30-year-old son while he was serving the Republic. I did not want to drown in my suffering. I wanted to keep standing. Just as my son refused to get down on his knees, I am standing up for you. So, try to make an effort, because if you do not start your engines, nobody will start them for you. So, have faith in yourselves, believe in yourselves, move forward and do not give up.” As long as I am healthy, I will continue to work for peace, humankind, coexistence and tolerance, because if we do not work together, we will not succeed.”

    2023-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9346 (2023) · source

  3. “If we pay attention to and support our children and give them affection and love, if we are present, if we share a meal with them once a day, if we talk to them and understand what is happening with them, then perhaps we may be able to save today’s young people. But it is a joint effort among schools, parents and society. It is very important. Today I ask every young person I speak with at school, “Is there any hope here?” Many young people tell me, “No, ma’am, we do not have hope.” I ask them, “Do you dream?” They say, “No, we do not dream.” It worries me that a 14-year-old child has no dreams or hope. So I ask them, “Why?” And they say, “We do not have opportunities.” And so I say to them, “Young men, if you really have the opportunity and the desire to do this, then you must start your engine.”

    2023-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9346 (2023) · source

  4. “If the parents are not present, it is difficult for schools to support those children. When children are left to their own devices, they arrive at middle school, and we say, “Those children have not succeeded. What should do with them? We will send them to vocational schools.” We send them to vocational schools without them knowing how to read or to write fluently. They are given a chance: either they work, or they can leave. Those children stay for six months, and we turn them into a ticking time bomb for society. That is what I have seen with young people. They are lost. As for the parents, I do not judge them. It is not easy to be a parent today. It is very difficult. We also have to work with parents on education and respect for values, and we have to pay attention to our children.”

    2023-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9346 (2023) · source

  5. “I see it today in detention centres, in homes and in neighbourhoods where young people who have dropped out of school and are on their own and experiencing tremendous difficulties. I am very sad to see what is happening today and what has brought us to this point. That is why peace is so important. If we all work together and with support, then perhaps peace will overcome hatred, because hatred is easier, but peace is something we have to work towards. That is something that I have been observing when I work with young people on tolerance, coexistence and love. I see their strength to carry on and move towards what they themselves want and dream of. However, it is a joint effort. It is the work of families, schools, society and the State. Today some parents have, unfortunately, given up on education.”

    2023-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9346 (2023) · source

  6. “I therefore wondered how it was possible for young people today to fall into the trap of terrorism, and how it happened. As a woman who has been on the ground for 11 years, I realized that education was important. Without fathers or mothers to guide them, without schools or society, all those young people are experiencing a crisis today. I can see that because I am on the ground three times a week. I support France and the world, and I see what is happening. I am not an expert, but I have a great deal of experience today. Those young people are completely in the dark. They are suffering and are a bit lost. However, every child is born to be happy and have a place in society. But if we do not give them that chance, the situation becomes complicated. That is what happened with the person who killed my child.”

    2023-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9346 (2023) · source

  7. “I am truly honoured to participate today in this open debate. I am very moved to speak before the Security Council; the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. António Guterres; His Eminence Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif; and His Excellency Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See. I would like to introduce myself as a woman and a mother. I was hit hard by terrorism. My son was killed on 11 March 2012. I did not want to drown in my suffering. I wanted to know who the person who killed my son was and why. I took steps myself to find out who that young person was. When I retraced that young person’s journey, I realized that he had no education, no love and no one to support him.”

    2023-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9346 (2023) · source