terror

Sanctions against Al-Qaida, Taliban strengthened by Security Council

29 July 2005
Renewing for another 17 months its global sanctions regime against Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden and the Taliban, the United Nations Security Council today expanded the list of persons or splinter groups associated with terrorist networks.

Assembly's vision of the Indian Ocean as 'zone of peace' still valid – Ad hoc panel

27 July 2005
Even though the Cold War geo-political divide had faded, new threats such as terrorism now affect the stability and security of Indian Ocean countries, obliging all States to cooperate in implementing a 35-year-old United Nations General Assembly resolution calling for an end to military build-up in the region, the chairman of UN ad hoc panel has urged.
Amb. Adamantios Vassilakis

Security Council condemns weekend terrorist bombing in Egypt

27 July 2005
Unequivocally condemning last Saturday's "horrendous" terrorist attack in Sharm el-Sheikh, the United Nations Security Council today urged all States to cooperate with the Egyptian authorities to bring to justice the perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of that attack.

UN tourism agency pledges help to Egypt to recover from terrorist bombings

26 July 2005
The United Nations World Tourism Organization (WTO) has offered Egypt its full support in helping the country to surmount the negative impact on its flourishing tourism industry from Saturday’s terrorist bombings at its Sharm el-Sheikh resort.
Annan briefs reporters on arrival at headquarters

Annan hopes London terror bombings will not lead to racial profiling

25 July 2005
Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today he hoped that Britain, in the face of the current wave of terrorist bombings, would be able to continue its past policy of avoiding racial profiling.

Reacting with anger to Egypt bombings, Annan once again condemns all terror attacks

23 July 2005
Reacting with “sorrow and anger” to the news of the multiple car bombings in Egypt's Sinai peninsula, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today restated his condemnation of all terror attacks in a month marred by repeated use of the tactic.
Amb. Adamantios Vassilakis

Security Council urges global cooperation to bring terrorist actors to justice

20 July 2005
Reiterating its strong condemnation of recent terrorist incidents, from the deadly attacks which rocked London’s transport system to assassination of Egypt’s ambassador-designate in Iraq, the United Nations Security Council today urged all States to work together to bring to justice, extradite or prosecute, the perpetrators, organizers and sponsors of acts of terrorism.
Kofi Annan

UN, Annan condemn London terrorist bombings as 'attack on humanity itself'

7 July 2005
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today deplored "the atrocious bombings" that rocked London's public transport system as "an attack on humanity itself," and urged that such violence not be allowed to derail efforts to combat poverty and address the aspirations of billions of people worldwide.