GoArch at UN Sponsors UN Event on ISIL and Human Trafficking - Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Council (GOAC) at the UN

2016 CSW 60 ISIL Event Title

Forced Migration, Human Trafficking, and Child Soldiers:

How ISIL is Exploiting the Conflict in the Middle East


 

 

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2016 CSW 60 ISIL Event Summary

This interactive dialogue will address the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's (ISIL) exploitation of the Middle East's current political and humanitarian instability for their own gain. This exploitation and its many consequences result in negative effects on sustainable development. The panel will primarily address the effects of ISIL's actions on the local populations, specifically in terms of forced migration, human trafficking, and child soldiers.

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Li Fung

Office of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict

Shafferan Sonneveld bio and photo

Shafferan Sonneveld

Global Advocacy Director
Muslims for Progressive Values

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Edward J. Flynn

Senior Human Rights Office
UN Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate

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Dr. Emeka Obiezu

Main Representative, Augustinians International
Vice Chair of the UN NGO Committee on Migration

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Dennis W. Frado, Moderator

Director, Lutheran Office for World Community, ELCA
Main Representative at UN, The Lutheran World Federation

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GoArch at UN Sponsors UN Event on ISIL and Human Trafficking

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Sponsors UN Event on ISIL and Human Trafficking

21 Март 2016

PRESS RELEASE

NEW YORK – During the 60th UN Commission on the Status of Women, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, together with the World Council of Churches and the Lutheran World Federation, co-sponsored an event entitled, Forced Migration, Human Trafficking, and Child Soldiers: How ISIL is Exploiting the Conflict in the Middle East.

A robust dialogue among policy, legal, and academic specialists explored ISIL’s exploitation of the current political and humanitarian crisis in the Middle East, with careful attention given to ISIL’s impact on the spread of forced migration, human trafficking, and child soldiers. A recording of the event can be found at http://bit.ly/225Nso4.

Panelists included: Ms. Li Fung, Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict; Mr. Edward J. Flynn, Senior Human Rights Officer for the UN Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate; Ms. Shafferan Sonneveld, Global Advocacy Director, Muslims for Progressive Values; and Rev. Dr. Emeka Xris Obiezu, Main Representative of Augustinians International to the UN and Vice Chair of the UN NGO Committee on Migration.

Emphasizing the need to empower all members of society to combat the ISIL threat, Edward Flynn reminded the audience that, “Member States have been called upon to empower civil society groups, community leaders, religious leaders, women, youth, families, to bring them into the struggle against such organizations. Engagement and empowerment is a critical element to confronting the ISIL threat.”

Following the event, Archimandrite Nathanael Symeonides, Director of the Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical, and Interfaith Relations of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, noted the need to supplement with prayer efforts to combat the exploitation of human beings: “While nations, civil society organizations, and individuals labor to end the exploitation of human beings, we must remember that prayer is a necessary tool in our search for reconciliation, peace, and the reconstitution of human dignity in the lives of those who have been exploited and harmed.”

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese is accredited through the United Nations Department of Public Information (UN DPI) and has General Consultative Status under the Economic and Social Council of the UN (ECOSOC).

The Archdiocese has been actively working at the United Nations for 30 years. For more information about the work of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America at the United Nations, sign up at un.goarch.org/newsletter.

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Keywords: Greek Orthodox, United Nations, GOA, WCC, The Lutheran World Federation, CSW, Commission on the Status of Women, Gender Equality, Daesh, ISIL, ISIS, Human Trafficking, Forced Migration, Child Soldiers