Topic: 2025 – Reducing Recruitment Capabilities of Terrorist Groups
Country: France
Delegate Name: Olivia Sokol
Country: France
Delegate: Olivia Sokol
School: Williamston High School
Committee: General Assembly DISEC
Topic: Recruitment Capabilities of Terrorist Groups
Terrorist groups and individuals have threatened nations and world security, and the numbers are only growing. Despite numerous attempts to eliminate terrorist groups all together, their numbers just keep growing. Factors such as limited education and job opportunities, human rights abuses, and isolation push members to extremism. The rise of these groups are dangerous, and the United Nations has tried to counter extremist narratives by working with community leaders and religious leaders in order to promote more peaceful messages, but deeper structural problems persist.
France has taken immense action to prevent the spread of terrorist organizations not only within its own borders, but within international borders as well. France’s goals in preventing the spread consist of: reduce terrorist groups regional hold; combat financial, human, logistic and terrorist propaganda networks; prevent radicalization; protect French interests and nationals abroad. They have taken measures already, especially through online platforms to curb extremist propaganda. In 2018, France hosted the No-Money for Terror conference in Paris, discussing the counties committed to improving legal frameworks, intelligence sharing, risk assessment, and asset freezing. The country has also taken several military actions in order to eliminate pre-established terrorist groups, for example in the Sahel, in Iraq, and Syria. Beyond military operations, France supports reconstruction and political reconciliation efforts in Iraq, Syria, and the Sahel. This includes funding local stabilization projects and backing regional initiatives such as Sahel Alliance, which focus on governance, development, youth employment, and security.
To achieve the goals previously stated above, France will be in support of using military intervention, stabilizing liberated areas and implementing political solutions. France is also open to enhancing international cooperation, and increasing the amount of action taken by the European Union to eliminate these dangers. Some of these international measures are, but not limited to: stronger airport security and documenting passengers, stronger asset freezing system, tougher anti-arms trafficking, and money laundering laws, and more cohesive technology platforms. France is more than willing to work with the European Union, as well as the G5 Sahel Countries (Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad).
Source:
https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/security-disarmament-and-non-proliferation/terrorism-france-s-international-action/
https://www.alliance-sahel.org/en/sahel-alliance/
