Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco call for tight embargo on terror groups

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Wednesday 01 Jul 2015 - 12:06 Makkah mean time-14-9-1436 Geneva (IINA) – Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Algeria and Morocco called for the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to impose a tight embargo on the terrorist groups, by preventing their various forms of support especially the funding and provision of safe havens, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. They also called on the UNHRC to address the media propaganda which branched out by using various advanced media channels and social networking sites that glorify the terror groups' ideologies and streams. They suggested that the UNHRC can address these issues through the development of well thought out strategies that promote shared values of tolerance among all religions and beliefs, and to establish an institutional work aimed at saving young people from the extremist groups' ideologies. This came in a joint statement made by Egyptian Ambassador to the UN Office in Geneva Amr Ramadan before the UNHRC on Tuesday during a debate on respect for human rights in the context of the fight against terrorism. He said that these efforts would not be completed without addressing the different marginalization patterns, the duplication of human rights standards in the West, the absence of international justice and grievances of some peoples, all of which are important factors that constitute a favorable international environment to violence and terrorism. Ramadan explained that the contemporary world is exposed to successive waves of terrorist acts that take different and variable forms, stressing that such acts have disastrous effects on the various categories of civil, political, economic and social human rights, especially the rights to life, liberty and personal security. He noted that these effects amounted to be a threat to the safety of nations, the integration of the regional countries and the constitutional legitimacy of the existing systems of governance, as experienced by the Arab region. The statement stressed the critical importance of not linking the criminal and deplorable phenomenon of terrorism and beliefs and religions or certain ethnic groups. It pointed out that such malicious phenomenon is contrary to the philosophies of beliefs and religions. The statement called for closer regional and international cooperation, and the participation of all concerned parties to systematically deal with the underlying causes of terrorism phenomenon, which include economic, social, political and even international causes. The statement emphasized the importance of strengthening the role of the United Nations and its bodies in addressing the phenomenon of terrorism. AB/IINA