Obama to Seek UN Security Council Resolution to Crack Down on Foreign Fighters
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Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — President Obama plans to seek a United Nations Security Council resolution requiring a crackdown on foreign fighters joining terror groups like ISIS.
A National Security Council official told ABC News on Tuesday that Obama hopes the U.N. Security Council could require countries to clamp down on foreign fighters’ travel through means including seizing passports. Additionally, he would like those foreign nations to share information with Interpol.
The National Security Council official says that any violation of such a resolution could then be enforceable under chapter seven of the U.N. Charter, entitled “Action with Respect to Threats to the Peace, Breaches of Peace and Acts of Aggression.”
Obama will chair a U.N. Security Council meeting on Sept. 24 in New York, the first time a U.S. President will do so since 2009. He is expected to seek the resolution during that meeting.
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