UNITED NATIONS: The 15-member United Nations Safety Council (UNSC) on Friday condemned the suicide bombing at an imambargah in Islamabad within the “strongest phrases”.
On February 6, a suicide bomber ripped by way of the Friday congregation on the Imambargah Qasr-i-Khadijatul Kubra on the outskirts of Islamabad. Not less than 38 folks have been killed within the incident and greater than 150 have been injured.
In a press statement issued by UNSC President James Kariuki, the 15-member physique described the February 6 assault as a “heinous and cowardly suicide bombing terrorist assault”.
The UNSC expressed “its deepest sympathy and condolences to the households of the victims and to the federal government and the folks of Pakistan” and wished “a speedy and full restoration to those that have been injured”.
Reaffirming its long-standing place, the UNSC mentioned that “terrorism in all its types and manifestations constitutes probably the most severe threats to worldwide peace and safety”.
The assertion additional acknowledged that UNSC members careworn the necessity to guarantee accountability, underlining “the necessity to maintain perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of those reprehensible acts of terrorism accountable and convey them to justice”.
They urged all states to cooperate actively with Pakistan “in accordance with their obligations beneath worldwide regulation and related Safety Council resolutions”.
Final week, UN Secretary Basic Antonio Guterres had additionally strongly Condemned the assault.
“The secretary normal reiterates that assaults in opposition to civilians and locations of worship are unacceptable,” his spokesperson mentioned, stressing that these accountable “have to be recognized and dropped at justice”.
