Amendment No. 19 | Doc. 13937 | 26 January 2016

Foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq

Signatories: Mr Dirk Van der MAELEN, Belgium, SOC ; Lord Donald ANDERSON, United Kingdom, SOC ; Ms Theodora BAKOYANNIS, Greece, EPP/CD ; Mr Mogens JENSEN, Denmark, SOC ; Mr Tiny KOX, Netherlands, UEL

Origin - 2016 - First part-session

In the draft resolution, replace paragraph 20.6 with the following paragraph:

"make active use of all communication channels, including the Internet and social media, and draw on the expertise of the best available public relations specialists, to spread counter-narratives aimed at exposing extremist discourse and dissipating illusions about the real situation in the territories held by "IS" and the fate of its recruits, in particular by using testimonies of returnees who have witnessed at first hand the nature of "IS";"