Statement of Venezuela at the Open Debate on THREATS TO INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY CAUSED BY TERRORIST ACTS, April 14, 2016

Terrorism and violent extremism are problems of a global scope that threaten international peace and security. This is reflected in the unprecedented threat represented today by the self-proclaimed Islamic State, which has been joined by at least 34 terrorist organizations from different regions of the world — not only in the Middle East and North Africa — and is exacerbated by the grave phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighters whereby more than 30,000 people, including women and young people, from at least 100 countries from different latitudes, have joined these terrorist groups, not to mention the threat posed by lone wolves.