Condemning blasts in Algeria, Ban Ki-moon urges global action against terror

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today spoke out against the deadly blasts that rocked Algeria, calling the “deplorable” attacks further evidence of the need for concerted global action to fight terrorism.

“The Secretary-General strongly condemns the terrorist bombings that occurred today in Algeria, killing and wounding many innocent civilians in what has been reported as an attempt against the Prime Minister,” a spokesperson for Mr. Ban said in a statement.

“The Secretary-General believes this deplorable incident, the latest in a series of similar attacks in the Maghreb region as a whole, shows the need for concerted international action against terrorism which has the effect of undermining the normal functioning of societies and disrupting the lives of ordinary people,” spokesperson Marie Okabe said.

Earlier this year, in an address to the General Assembly, Mr. Ban said terrorism “strikes against everything the United Nations stands for” and called the fight against the scourge “our common mission.”