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Ensuring ‘lasting defeat’ of IS on agenda at Global Coalition summit
12:07 CAT | 28 Jun 2021
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The Global Coalition against the so-called Islamic State (IS) is meeting on Monday to coordinate efforts to defeat the terror group.
The summit in Rome is co-chaired by the Italian Foreign Minister, Luigi di Maio, and his American counterpart, Anthony Blinken, and will be attended by more than 80 international delegations.
Ministers are to discuss how to coordinate efforts to ensure “a lasting defeat of Daesh (another name for IS)” as well as terror organisations affiliated to the group.
According to the coalition, the ranks of IS are still filled with about 10,000 fighters spread across Syria and Iraq.
These fighters “are capable of harassing liberated communities” and so “maintaining pressure on them remains an urgent task,” the Italian foreign minister said in a statement ahead of the meeting.
How to stabilise liberated areas will also be on the agenda for ministers as it is seen as “crucial to ensuring the long-term defeat of Daesh.” This include helping displaced people return home, rebuilding housing, clearing mines and restoring basic services. Since 2014, Global Coalition partners have provided $20 billion (€16.7 billion) to support those efforts.
#OneMissionManyNations @coalition @ItalyMFA https://t.co/mpb29FKfpu
— Mimouni Loubna (@MimouniLoubna1) June 28, 2021
The situation in camps for internally displaced people, including in the north-eastern Syria camp of Al-Hol, will also be discussed.
Almost 62,000 people live in Al-Hol, according to UNICEF. Nearly 40,000 of the residents are Syrian or foreign children.
The UN agency for children has repeatedly called on governments to urgently repatriate their nationals, arguing earlier this year that “children should not be detained solely on suspected family ties with armed groups or the membership of family members in armed groups.”
Also on the agenda for the Coalition is how best to tackle IS propaganda, which although diminished, remains a crucial tool for recruitment.
The Italian statement stressed that “it is incumbent upon the tech industry to collaborate with governments and civil society to prevent terrorist exploitation of their platforms.”
“The Global Coalition welcomes the efforts being made by Facebook, Google, Twitter Telegram and others in the private sector to counter terrorist content online that violates their respective terms of service and to exercise vigilance in removing violent extremist content from their platforms,” it added.
Per la prima volta, l’ 🇮🇹 sta per ospitare a #Roma i lavori della Ministeriale della Coalizione anti-Daesh, co-presieduta dal Min. @luigidimaio con il SdS 🇺🇸 @SecBlinken, e con la partecipazione di 81 delegazioni internazionali🗺️#OneMissionManyNations pic.twitter.com/E57XHyKT6q
— Farnesina 🇮🇹 (@ItalyMFA) June 28, 2021
Glad to be in Italy to underscore the importance of Transatlantic unity and the strong U.S.-Italy relationship. Looking forward to meeting with my counterparts, co-chairing the Global @Coalition to Defeat ISIS Ministerial, and joining the #G20 Ministerial Meeting in Matera. pic.twitter.com/MEe2AgdXEg
— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) June 27, 2021
FM @NikosDendias with counterparts at the Global @coalition Against Daesh Ministerial meeting taking place today in #Rome – Family 📷
Ο ΥΠΕΞ Ν.Δένδιας με ομολόγους στην Υπουργική Συνάντηση Παγκόσμιας Συμμαχίας κατά του «Ισλαμικού Κράτους» που πραγματοποιείται σήμερα στη Ρώμη pic.twitter.com/FemNncdP73
— Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών (@GreeceMFA) June 28, 2021
Source: Euronews
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