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President Hollande

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first: 2014-09-24
most recent: 2014-09-24
sittings or episodes: 1
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“But at the same time, it is not enough. We must come up with political solutions that can cut off the sources supplying those who spread terrorism, and France will do its full part.”
2014-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7272 (2014) · source
“But our meeting is also a demonstration of our willingness to fight every kind of trafficking, because it is trafficking that finances terrorism, and these groups have never been so powerful, so wealthy, so well supplied and armed. So we need a response capable of fighting not only the influences and the recruiters but also terrorism's financial sources. Finally, we must execute this strategy while respecting law and liberty. We must do it while respecting religions, including Islam. We must do it by fighting the causes of terrorism - despair, poverty, inequality and everything that breeds fanaticism. We must do it without displaying weakness of any kind, but at the same time with the intelligence that democracy brings. When one is fighting barbarousness, force is not only necessary, it is legitimate.”
2014-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7272 (2014) · source
“What we have defined is a global strategy for combating terrorism, embracing not merely the phenomenon of foreign fighters but all the paths that lead young people - sometimes not so young, but often very young indeed - to go where they have no real reason to go. We must strengthen our international legal instruments, and today's resolution also sends the message that the entire international community is resolute and united. We are facing a shared threat and we have a shared, multiple and military response. We must all take on our responsibilities in that regard. France has done that in response to the request of the new Iraqi authorities, and I welcome the presence here today of the Prime Minister of Iraq. Our response must also be political, economic and humanitarian.”
2014-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7272 (2014) · source
“First, we must take measures in each of our countries. France has in this respect has adapted its legislation, and a bill is being discussed in Parliament aiming to prevent, even prohibit, the departure of individuals when we have serious grounds to believe that they are travelling for terrorist purposes. There is also a resolve to call into question terrorism propaganda on the Internet, and hate sites will be shut down. Finally, our legislation will aim to fight networks, because these foreign fighters do not leave alone; they go because they are part of a network, and other organizations deliver them to the combat zone. Today marks a milestone with the adoption by the Security Council ofa new Chapter VII resolution.”
2014-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7272 (2014) · source
“It is attracting people, often young people, of all nationalities, and not just, as it is often said, those of Muslim origin - even though Islam has nothing to do with this fight. None of our countries is safe from this threat. Distance is irrelevant: there are temptations, and there is the Internet, meaning that networks can organize. Every day men, women and even children - whole families - are leaving their homes to join Daesh's fight. That is a threat to our own security. Earlier President Obama referred to 15,000 foreign fighters. Among them are 1,000 French nationals or residents who are now in Syria or Iraq. That figure has gone up 50 per cent since the beginning of the year, and what is true for France is true for the whole of Europe. Our response must therefore be comprehensive, rapid and lasting.”
2014-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7272 (2014) · source
“Religion is immaterial here; all victims are equal, unfortunately, in the face of the brutality of terrorism. Terrorism is nothing new; we have been facing it for years. But it has taken on another dimension; it is now looking to conquer territory, to set up States, to subjugate peoples. It is attacking civilian populations - women, children. It has new names; it is no longer called just Al-Qaida or Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, but Boko Haram or Daesh. Daesh is the most recent incarnation of this terrorist madness. It is a new phenomenon in the sense that it aims to conquer and also to recruit a growing number of our citizens, wherever they may be, into its ranks.”
2014-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7272 (2014) · source
“I should like to begin by thanking President Obama and all of the members of the Security Council for having expressed their sympathy with the French people concerning the suffering that they are experiencing. Herve' Gourdel was a French national engaging in his favourite pastime - mountaineering - in Algeria when he was taken hostage on Sunday. His was an appalling murder; he was beheaded. This is not the first time that France has been affected by terrorist acts. We have never given in. Every time we have emerged stronger and with greater solidarity. Other countries, too, have been affected by this barbarism. Recently two Americans and a British Citizen were executed in the same cruel manner. Nationality in this respect is irrelevant. All victims of terrorism deserve respect and deserve that tribute be paid to them and to their memory.”
2014-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7272 (2014) · source