The Daily Journalist.
The division of the international community on how to deal with the fight against the Islamic state (IS, by its acronym in English) has come to the Security Council of the United Nations. The Council approved the French judgment regarding the fight against terrorism. Another resolution submitted by Russia that has been around long, but is paralyzed because it involves recognizing the dictatorship of Bashar Assad, something unacceptable to the West.
The resolution adopted filed Thursday by France amounts to a declaration of war by the UN to IS, as it believes that the group “constitutes an unprecedented threat to world peace and security,” and claimed “take all necessary measures in accordance with international law, and in particular Human Rights, humanitarian law and refugee law, in territory controlled by the IS on Syria to step up and coordinate efforts to prevent and suppress terrorist acts ” .
The document condemns the “harshest terms” the “horrendous terrorist attacks by the EI” in June in the Tunisian city of Sousse, in October in Ankara and shooting down a Russian plane over the Sinai and Friday in Paris as well as all other attacks by the group.
At the same time, Russia had raised its project which seeks to work with leaders in the region to fight the fundamentalists. That is an unacceptable proposal to Britain, the United States and France for the simple reason that when referring to “regional leaders” as partners is indirectly legitimizing Bashar Assad government, the Syrian dictator, who enjoys the backing of Moscow as a partner of the international community. And Washington, London and Paris require as a condition sine-qua-non for any peace plan in the region, pushing Assad to leave power.
After France announced Monday that it would take the issue to the UN, Moscow presented another draft resolution with a broader based and another that tried unsuccessfully to push through the end of Septembers character.
The main problem of this text was demanded by the “consent” of States to act against terrorism in its territory, which for France or the United Kingdom is unacceptable supposed to boost the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad.
Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, has backed the French initiative as a step to create an “anti-terrorist front” and insisted that this is also the intention of Russia, who has since September calling for a “grand coalition” against IS.
Churkin said he will continue to work for the adoption of Russian text and crossed the “attempts by some members” to block it as a “short-sighted policy”.
A US-led coalition takes over a year to attack from the air EI positions in Syria and Iraq, while Russia started their own in September bombings, which the West has mostly hit other opposition groups, not just jihadists.
On Tuesday, French President Francois Hollande continued the diplomatic offensive across the Atlantic with a lightning visit to Washington, where he will meet with Barack Obama to discuss the response to the killing of Paris.
