Manama, November 6 (BNA) The Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United Nations, Ambassador Jamal Faris Al-Ruwai’i, participated in the meeting on the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001). ) and the creation of the Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee. He delivered a speech in which he stressed the efforts of the Kingdom of Bahrain in combating terrorism. He referred to the Kingdom’s permanent coordination with the international community in this regard and its accession to many international and regional conventions and treaties. He also highlighted the Kingdom’s participation and support for the efforts of the international coalition to combat the terrorist organization ISIS.
The ambassador pointed out that Bahrain has made unremitting efforts to combat terrorism in the Middle East and the world, especially with regard to combating its financing and drying up its sources. He said that the Kingdom contributed to the establishment of the Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF), hosted the group’s secretariat headquarters and provided financial support and its operational budget during the first five years of its activity.
He added that within the framework of the Kingdom’s keenness to ensure that the non-profit sector is not used in financing terrorism, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted in August 2020 a capacity-building workshop to protect non-profit organizations from the dangers of terrorism. Funding, in cooperation with the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, and it is one of many similar workshops held by Bahrain in cooperation with the Office.
The ambassador affirmed the Kingdom of Bahrain’s commitment to the effective implementation of international resolutions related to combating the financing of terrorism, and its constant keenness to submit its periodic reports in compliance with United Nations Security Council resolutions in this regard. He pointed to the Kingdom’s keenness to implement the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, and the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) concerned with combating money laundering and terrorist financing.
He also touched on the danger of the exploitation of cyberspace, especially social media, by terrorist groups to spread their malicious ideas, recruit or launch cyber attacks targeting the gains of countries and peoples. In this regard, he referred to Bahrain’s participation in the second high-level conference of heads of counter-terrorism agencies and those concerned with combating terrorism, entitled “Combating and Preventing Terrorism in the Age of Transformational Technologies: Facing the Challenges of the New Decade”. Held in June 2021 and organized by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism.
The ambassador affirmed the Kingdom’s firm position rejecting all forms of terrorism, regardless of its causes, motives, supporters or financiers. He affirmed Bahrain’s commitment to cooperating with brotherly countries in the region and the international community to deter this danger.
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