Country : Italy

Topic : Combating the use of social media by the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) in the recruitment and indoctrination of European Nationals.

On behalf of the current President of the Italian Republic Sergio Matarella, Italian country is honoured to represent Italian statement on Islamic State conflict during our conferences in Security Council.

The Islamic State in only two years has become much more dangerous and effective, in their own way, for many European countries. The organisation has recruited between 16,000 and 20,000 fighters from 90 different countries in the past nine months. It controls more and more territory, furthermore their wealth level is making them the richest non-state thr...