Topic: 2025 – Reducing Recruitment Capabilities of Terrorist Groups
Country: Slovenia
Delegate Name: Sam Lewis
General Assembly – DISEC
Reducing the Recruitment Capabilities of Terrorist Groups
Slovenia
Sam Lewis
Terrorism is a global problem that has inflicted damage on many countries. One of the means that Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and other terrorist groups employ to recruit is the spread of radical ideologies through the use of social media and the promise of money or power. Recruitment is the main reason why terrorist groups become dominant and are hardly disbanded. To fight terrorism the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism was created as part of the organization’s long-term initiatives.
Slovenia is against terrorism and violence. Slovenia has developed national policies that are aimed at stopping the radicalization process. Slovenia is one of the members of the Western Balkans Counter Terrorism Initiative (WBCTi), which is composed of more than 50 organizations and donors. Slovenia collaborates with Europol, Interpol, and the EU Radicalisation Awareness Network as well. The police and the intelligence services in Slovenia cooperate to identify early signs of threats. Besides this, Slovenia has also set up a national network of experts in the field of radicalization that comprises NGOs and universities. Slovenia is a member of the Global Coalition against Daesh and is committed to the international cooperation.
The UN Office of Counter-Terrorism is the leading agency which coordinates efforts and facilitates cooperation among states in different strategies and operational actions to counter the attribution of terrorist recruitment; The United Nations has passed more than 80 resolutions against terrorism; The UN also urges the elimination of terrorist sources of finance as a measure to curb terror activities, enhances border security and promotes intelligence-sharing; and United Nations’ initiatives to engage youth in schools and local communities serve as a deterrent to their involvement with extremist organizations.
Slovenia holds the view that stopping extremist propaganda online and preventing the financing of terrorism can bring about the lowering of recruitment. Slovenia conveys that in order to effectively remove terrorist content, the UN General Assembly should promote the collaboration among governments and social media companies. Besides this, Slovenia thinks of more educational initiatives as a means of giving the youth support on how to stay away from radicalization. Slovenia also favors the increase in funding for the community organizations that help the vulnerable groups. In Slovenia’s opinion, there is no other option but prevention and collaboration to stop recruitment.
Works Cited
“Counter-Terrorism Efforts.” Government of Slovenia, 2024
