Condemning “in the strongest terms” yesterday’s deadly bombings in the Algerian capital, the Security Council today stressed the need to bring the perpetrators and sponsors to account and reiterated that acts of terrorism can never be justified.
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.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has informed the Security Council of his decision to appoint two new members of the monitoring group established in 2004 to help track the application of United Nations sanctions against the Taliban, Al-Qaida and their operatives.