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Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar of Pakistan

‘Ravaged’ Pakistan determined to root out terrorism, General Assembly hears

27 September 2011
Pakistan has suffered at the hands of terrorists like few countries have, its Foreign Minister told the General Assembly today, stressing her Government’s firm commitment to defeating this scourge and calling for enhanced cooperation at the global level.
A building damaged by the 11 December 2007 terrorist attack across the street from the UN Headquarters complex in Algiers. The bombing claimed the lives of 17 United Nations workers.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider

Ban opens UN forum with call for enhanced global cooperation against terrorism

19 September 2011
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today kicked off a counter-terrorism forum with a call for strengthening the collective resolve to defeat a menace that affects all nations and to build a safer world for all.
High Court in New Delhi

UN chief and Security Council strongly condemn bombing at India’s High Court

7 September 2011
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and members of the Security Council have strongly condemned today’s bomb attack at the Indian High Court in the capital, New Delhi, which caused numerous deaths and injuries.
UNWTO Secretary-General Taleb Rifai

UN tourism agency pledges continued support for India after deadly bombing

18 July 2011
The head of the United Nations entity that promotes the development of responsible tourism has expressed shock at last week’s terrorist bomb attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai and pledged the agency’s full support to the South Asian country’s Government.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Terrorist bomb attacks in India draw UN condemnation

13 July 2011
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Security Council condemned the terrorist attacks that struck various parts of the Indian city of Mumbai, stressing that such violence is unjustifiable.
Special Rapporteur Martin Scheinin

Human rights concerns persist in new anti-terrorism sanctions regime – UN expert

29 June 2011
An independent United Nations human rights expert today said that the new procedure adopted by the Security Council on the listing of individuals and organizations under the international sanctions regime against terrorism still fails to address the human rights shortcomings in the process.
Smoke billows by the Iraqi Ministry of Justice in Baghdad which was hit by a car bomb on 25 October 2009

Ban stresses States’ responsibility to implement UN counter-terrorism measures

27 June 2011
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said States have the primary responsibility to ensure the implementation of the United Nations counter-terrorism strategy and to devise cohesive national and regional measures against the scourge, while strengthening international coordination and political will.

Security Council votes to separate Al-Qaida and Taliban sanctions lists

17 June 2011
The Security Council today voted unanimously to split sanctions it has imposed on Al-Qaida and those against the Taliban, creating two lists of individuals and organizations so that they can be treated separately under efforts to fight terrorism.
Special Rapporteur Martin Scheinin

Independent UN human rights experts seek facts on Bin Laden killing

6 May 2011
Two independent United Nations human rights experts today called on the United States to disclose further details of the recent killing of Osama bin Laden, particularly if there were plans to capture him alive.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the press on the death of Osama bin Laden

Ban urges world to recall terrorism’s victims in wake of Osama bin Laden’s death

2 May 2011
The death of Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind some of the world’s most notorious terrorist attacks, represents a “watershed moment” in the fight against the scourge of terrorism, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.