Security Council says Moscow hostage situation threatens international peace

The United Nations Security Council today strongly condemned the hostage situation in Moscow, as well as other recent terrorist acts in other countries, saying that it regarded such activities as a threat to international peace and security.

In unanimously adopting a resolution on the matter, the Council demanded the immediate and unconditional release of all the hostages in Russia, and expressed its deepest sympathy and condolences to the country's people and Government and to the victims of the terrorist attack and their families.

The Council also urged all States, in accordance with their obligations under its landmark anti-terrorism resolution adopted in the wake of the 11 September 2001 attacks against the United States, to cooperate with the Russian authorities in their efforts to find and bring to justice the perpetrators, organizers and sponsors of the terrorist attack.