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President Jonathan

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2014-09-24
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2014-09-24
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  1. “The resolution that we have adopted here today is a critical first step in mobilizing international action. Only by united action and firm resolve can we check this urgent threat to humanity and also build the enduring structures that will resist their re-emergence.”

    2014-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7272 (2014) · source

  2. “Let me thank President Obama and the United States Government for the security governance initiative following the United States-Africa summit last August. I believe that the initiative, if expeditiously implemented, will enhance security on the continent. We must now capitalize on the commitment and evident determination of the Security Council to seek more innovative responses to the threat of terrorism, and in particular to the growing menace of foreign fighters. The Council should be concerned about the existence of sources of the arming and funding of terrorism. Evidence has shown that Boko Haram, for instance, is resourced largely from outside our country. We must also commit to ensuring that countries that are in the front line of this challenge receive adequate support from the international community.”

    2014-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7272 (2014) · source

  3. “These include a holistic effort, through the presidential initiative for the north- east, which is aimed at providing immediate relief and fast-tracking the infrastructure redevelopment of the region. It also has as a core goal an integrated effort to achieve the de-radicalization of potential terrorist recruits. In partnership with the private sector, we have also launched a victim-support fund, which has already raised about $500 million in cash and pledges out of the expected minimum of $1 billion in direct support of the victims of acts of terrorism. This is in addition to the Safe Schools Initiative championed by Mr. Gordon Brown, former British Prime Minister and current the United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education. That initiative is being rigorously supported by Nigeria's federal Government.”

    2014-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7272 (2014) · source

  4. “Over the past five years, we have been, and are still, confronting the threats posed by Boko Haram to peace and stability, predominantly in the north-eastern part of our country. The costs are high. Thousands of innocent people have been killed, whole communities razed and hundreds of peasants kidnapped, the most prominent being the mindless kidnapping of innocent daughters from Chibok secondary school in Borno state, in north-east Nigeria. As daunting as the challenge may be, we are facing it with unrelenting determination, mobilizing all the resources at our disposal to ensure that the scourge of terrorism is rooted out of our nation. In addition to our counter-terrorism efforts, we have evolved initiatives to alleviate the plight of the populations of the communities affected.”

    2014-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7272 (2014) · source

  5. “Unfortunately, ISIL is not alone in this despicable campaign against humanity. Al-Qaida in the Maghreb, Al-Shabaab in Somalia and Boko Haram share this common agenda: to unleash terror, mayhem, destruction and instability around the world. Boko Haram has perpetrated more heinous, barbaric acts than any other known terrorist group. There is no doubt that foreign fighters have added a troubling dimension to this emerging phase of terrorism. From targeted attacks by Al-Qaida a few years ago, we now have mobile bands - thousands of terrorists sweeping across vast areas, destroying lives and even attempting to hold territory. This is unacceptable; we must act now. Nigeria knows all too well the destructive effects of terrorist activities.”

    2014-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7272 (2014) · source

  6. “President Jonathan: I would like to commence by appreciating the vision of the President in convening this timely and crucial meeting. It underpins the long- standing commitment of the United States of America to the high aims of international peace and security. Our appreciation also goes to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for the clarity and depth of his briefing. The people of Nigeria and indeed the entire peace-loving world were horrified at the gruesome murder of two American journalists and a British aid worker by elements linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and, of course, only today, as the President mentioned, at the incident where a French citizen was killed, Those murders typify a new phase of global terrorism marked by executions, acts of brutality and impunity.”

    2014-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7272 (2014) · source