The New York Times - The UNSC steps up

The devastation of the 9/11 attacks by terrorists on the United States of America continuous to be felt throughout the nation and the rest of the world. Much like a never-ending earthquake the hurt caused by these attacks is still being felt, the pain having loved ones presumed dead or injured continuing to reverberate and ache.

The issue on the table being discussed by the United Nations Security Council puts the aftermath of 9/11 in the spotlight: How do we make sure this never happens again? The United States and their allies have strong feelings on this topic, already having given support for NATO to be involved in the invasion of Afghanistan. The overwhelming majority of the security council is in favor of the invasion of Afghanistan, it has been proven in the harshest of ways that this is not a manner in which things can continue

Terrorism has not been nor will ever be Muslim

It is clear from the UNSC that Muslim religion nor persons have nothing to do with these 9/11 attacks and that anti-Muslim sentiment is beyond unfounded. Instead, ideologies by the Taliban and Al Qaeda distort and warp the idea of Islam, these terrorist ideologies have been universally rejected by Muslim scholars all over the world. The council shared that it is a priority for them to make certain that Muslim and terrorist organizations such as the Taliban or Al Qaeda are two separate entities with nothing in common. That having been their main focus, the mention of Muslims and the Islam religion have been left out of the scope of the conversation. The UK brought forward that they condemn the hate crimes being committed against Muslim minorities in their country and other countries around the work. They seek for their population not to conflate these two terminologies either as they could not be more separate and that the justification of these terrorist organizations is based on misappropriation of the understanding of Muslim religion.
The UNSC mentioned that in the working paper and overall, during committee sessions, they have made very clear that the Muslim world nor Muslim persons are in any way related to these acts of terrorism. Nonetheless the security council continuous to aim to make it abundantly clear in all aspects and resolved to have clauses that mention so in their final resolution.

Border Security

During the press conference border patrol and border security came up as a paramount problem. Ukraine came forward to mention how strong they believe in border control, mentioning that the flow of weapons is what is keeping the Taliban in power, and that regional cooperation and increased border security are paramount in stopping the flow of weapons in and out of Afghanistan.
In the working papers at that point in time, the importance of engagement with regional partners, particularly the countries bordering Afghanistan had already been implemented. There seemed to be an overall agreement that the only reason the Taliban is still in power is due to the illicit weapon trade that has benefitting them. The use of opium as funding for terrorism can also be prevented by strengthening border security. Bringing an end to the flow of weapons and drugs into Afghanistan is clearly on the agenda, the implementation and final resolution on this topic will remain to be seen.

Reported by Tracy van der Biezen