Russia thinks it necessary to put IS on UN SC sanctions list - Lavrov

THE UNITED NATIONS, September 30. /TASS/. Russia thinks it necessary to put Islamic State on the UN Security Council's sanctions list as a separate subject, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday at the UN SC Chamber titled ‘Maintenance of international peace and security. Settlement of conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa and countering the terrorist threat in the region’. "We believe Islamic State must be put as a separate subject on the UN Security Council’s sanctions list counteracting terrorism," Lavrov said. "Any delay in settling this evident issue is becoming counterproductive from the point of view of effectiveness of UN activities in counteraction of terrorism." "We call for more insistent and targeted counteraction to the threats coming from foreign terrorists and militants," the minister said. "We should urgently create a united database containing information about these combatants and should work out additional mechanisms to exchange information on their movements and on simplified procedures of its emission." Read more