S/RES/2379 (2017)
United Nations
Security Council
Distr.: General
21 September 2017
Resolution 2379 (2017)
Adopted by the Security Council at its 8052nd meeting, on
21 September 2017
The Security Council,
Reaffirming its resolutions 1265 (1999), 1325 (2000), 1368
(2001), 1624 (2005), 1894 (2009), 2106 (2013), 2150 (2014), 2170
(2014), 2199 (2015), 2242 (2015), 2249 (2015), 2253 (2015), 2322
(2016), 2341 (2017), 2347 (2017), 2354 (2017), 2367 (2017), 2368
(2017) and its relevant presidential statements,
(2001),
(2014),
(2016),
(2017),
1373
2178
2331
2370
Reaffirming its respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity, independence
and unity of Iraq, in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of
the United Nations,
Recalling that the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as
Da’esh) constitutes a global threat to international peace and security through its
terrorist acts, its violent extremist ideology, its continued gross, systematic and
widespread attacks directed against civilians, its violations of international
humanitarian law and abuses of human rights, particularly those committed against
women and children, and including those motivated by religious or ethnic grounds,
and its recruitment and training of foreign terrorist fighters whose threat affects all
regions and Member States,
Condemning the commission of acts by ISIL (Da’esh) involving murder,
kidnapping, hostage-taking, suicide bombings, enslavement, sale into or otherwise
forced marriage, trafficking in persons, rape, sexual slavery and other forms of
sexual violence, recruitment and use of children, attacks on critical infrastructure, as
well as its destruction of cultural heritage, including archaeological sites, and
trafficking of cultural property,
Further recognizing that the commission of such acts which may amount to
war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide, is part of the ideology and
strategic objectives of ISIL (Da’esh), and used by ISIL (Da’esh) as a tactic of
terrorism, and that holding ISIL (Da’esh) members accountable, particularly those
who bear the greatest responsibility, including in terms of leadership, which can
include regional or mid-level commanders, and the ordering and commission of
crimes, will further expose this, and could assist in countering terrorism and violent
extremism which can be conducive to terrorism, including by stemming financing
and the continued flow of international recruits to the terrorist group ISIL (Da’esh),
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