The United National Security Council (UNSC) unanimously adopted a resolution Friday, calling for global anti-terrorism efforts against the Islamic State group.
The resolution calls upon all member states to join the fight against the Sunni jihadist terrorist organization in Syria and Iraq. It also urges member states to take "all necessary measures" in the fight against ISIS and other extremist groups, according to BBC News.
The resolution says that the Islamic State, also referred as ISIS/ISIL/IS or Daesh in Arabic, constitutes a "global" and "unprecedented" threat to international peace and security, The Globe and Mail reported. It calls for coordinated international anti-terror efforts to prevent ISIS attacks.
"The resolution we've just adopted recognizes the exceptional nature of the Daesh (IS) threat and calls upon all member states to take all necessary measures to eradicate the sanctuary it created in Syria and Iraq, but also to push back its ideology which is radical," said Francois Delattre, permanent representative of France to the U.N., according to Xinhua.
The 15-member UNSC also condemns the "horrifying terrorist attacks" carried out by ISIL this year in Sousse, Tunisia and Ankara, Turkey.
"The international community has come together and has resolved to defeat this evil, which threatens people of every country and every religion," British Prime Minister David Cameron said in a statement issued after the UNSC adopted the anti-ISIS resolution, Bloomberb Business reported.
"The vote shows beyond doubt the breadth of international support for doing more in Syria and for decisive action to eradicate Islamic State," he stressed.
