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As
ISIL
Moves in on
Iraq Oil, UNSC
Draft
Statement
Cites Terror
Finance
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
June 27 --
Amid fighting
for the Baiji
oil refinery
in Iraq,
a draft UN
Security
Council
presidential
statement has
been
circulated to
discourage the
Islamic State
in Iraq and
the Levant
(ISIL or ISIS)
from profiting
from oil
sales.
The
draft was
announced in
Moscow and on
June 26 at
Russia's UN
Mission
on 67 Street
in Manhattan
by UN
Ambassador
Vitaly I.
Churkin. Inner
City Press
asked as it
had at the
UN's June 26
noon briefing
about
Iraq's letter
seeking
“logistical”
help from UN
member states
to
fight off ISIS
or ISIL;
Ambassador
Churkin
confirmed
receipt and
circulation of
the letter.
(Inner City
Press, before
asking
about Iraq's
letter at the
June 26 UN
noon briefing,
tweeted what
Iraq's
Permanent
Representative
told it just
after turning
the letter in,
here;
don't believe
the Gulf
hype.)
From
the UN's
transcript of
its June 26
noon briefing:
Inner
City
Press: The
Permanent
Representative
of Iraq told
me that he
submitted a
letter to the
Secretary-General
and to the
Council saying
that the
country wants
logistical
support from
Member States.
I
wanted to
know, is that
the case? And
what’s the
Secretariat
doing
on such a
letter?
Spokesman
Dujarric:
Well, yes, the
letter has
been received.
It was
addressed… it
was asked to
be circulated
to the
Security
Council,
so I’m sure it
will be if it
hasn’t already
done so, and I
think
that’s a
matter for
Member States
to look at.
Now
from reliable
sources, this
draft
Presidential
Statement or
PRST has been
circulated:
“The
Security
Council
recalls its
resolution
2146 (2014)
and expresses
grave concern
over the
access to and
seizure of the
oilfields in
Syria by the
terrorist
groups in
Syria, namely
'Islamic State
in Iraq
and the
Levant' and
'Jabhat
Al-Nusra,' and
recalls in
this regard
that any
export or
import of
crude without
authorization
of sovereign
State is
illegal,
The
Security
Council notes
with concern
that the
oilfields and
related
infrastructure
if controlled
by terrorist
organizations
generate one
of the main
sources of
income for
terrorists
which supports
their
recruitment
efforts and
strengthens
their
operational
capability to
organize and
carry out
terrorist
attacks,
The
Security
Council
strongly
condemns any
engagement in
direct or
indirect trade
of oil from
Syria
involving
terrorist
groups, and
reminds that
such
engagement
constitutes
financial
support for
entities
designated by
the Security
Council
1267/1989
Committee as
terrorist and
may lead to
further
listings by
the Committee.
The
Security
Council
recalls the
obligation of
the Member
States to
prevent and
suppress the
financing of
terrorist
acts.
The
Security
Council
encourages all
Member States
to take
necessary
measures to
prevent their
nationals and
entities and
individuals in
their
territory from
engaging in
any commercial
and financial
transactions
with respect
to crude oil
in Syria in
the possession
of
non-state
actors or sold
by them,
The
Security
Council calls
upon all
Member States
to cooperate
closely
should any
information on
such activity
be available
to them.”
But
will they?
Watch this
site.
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