Topic: 2025 – Reducing Recruitment Capabilities of Terrorist Groups
Country: Brazil
Delegate Name: Wendell Cornell
Disarmament and International Security Committee
Reducing the Recruitment Capabilities of Terrorist Groups
Brazil
Wendell C. Cornell
It is essential for the prosperity of the world to reduce the recruitment capabilities of terrorist groups through social and fiscal measures. Modern terrorism got its name in the french revolution [1], but real “modern” terrorism began in recent decades as it increased in both severity and recruitment. Many of these organizations rely on poverty, lack of education, and online recruitment to keep evolving and maintaining relevance [2]. It is because of this that strategies that rely more on giving resources to groups that terrorists recruit is a more feasible goal than eradicating terrorist groups entirely.
Brazil has dealt with terrorism the way of social and fiscal measures instead of direct military ways. Brazil has a strong legal framework when it comes to dealing with terrorist recruitment, for example, the monitoring of transactions [3]. We also invest in social programs to help reduce the vulnerabilities in groups that terrorists often target [4], and cooperate internationally in “regional CT fora, including the OAS Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism” [5].
The United Nations also supports this ideology, through the Global Programme on Countering Violent Extremism (GPVE) that provides financial aid to depolarize people in active terrorist areas. It does this by expanding the capacity of at risk countries to avoid terrorist recruitment. It trained around 6360 individuals to promote anti-terrorist messages in 148 countries [6].
Brazil takes the position of wanting to reduce the recruitment of terrorist organizations. Brazil wants to do this not through military means; seeking out and completely dissipating these organizations. As this will only result in more violence and poverty, continuing the cycle. We believe that the only way to reduce terrorism capabilities, and terrorism in general, is to break the cycle at the beginning. This will mean providing education and resources to those who are at risk of being recruited. We also support the use of fiscal measures such as the tracking and stopping of money laundering.
[1] UNODC. Introduction to International Terrorism. 2018.
[2] Yayla, Ahmet. 396 HANDBOOK of TERRORISM PREVENTION and PREPAREDNESS Prevention of Recruitment to Terrorism.
[3] “Brazil’s Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing.”
Www.fatf-Gafi.org,www.fatf-gafi.org/en/publications/Mutualevaluations/Brazil-mer-203html.
[4] “Education and Anti-Poverty Programs Are Key to Preventing Terrorism, BRICS Group Concludes.” Português (Brasil), 10 July 2025, brics.br/en/news/education-and-anti-poverty-programs-are-key-to-preventing-terrorism-brics-group-concludes.
[5] “Country Reports on Terrorism 2023: Brazil.” U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of State, 2023, www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2023/brazil.
[6] “Global Programme on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (PCVE) | Office of Counter-Terrorism.” United Nations, United Nations, www.un.org/counterterrorism/preventing-violent-extremism. Accessed 24 Nov. 2025.
