NEW YORK: The UN Security Council has condemned in the strongest terms the cowardly terrorist attack in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on July 14, 2021, which resulted in the deaths of nine Chinese nationals and three Pakistanis and many injured.
In a press statement issued by the UN Security Council President T.S. Tirumurti on Friday, the Council’s members expressed their deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims and to the Governments of Pakistan and China, and they wished a speedy and full recovery to those who were injured.
The Security Council’s members reaffirmed that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security.
The members underlined the need to hold perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of these reprehensible acts of terrorism accountable and bring them to justice, and urged all States, in accordance with their obligations under international law and relevant Security Council resolutions, to cooperate actively with the governments of Pakistan anSC/14597d China, as well as all other relevant authorities in this regard.
The members of the UN Security Council reiterated that any acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivation, wherever, whenever and by whomsoever committed.
They reaffirmed the need for all States to combat by all means, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and other obligations under international law including international human rights law, international refugee law and international humanitarian law, threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts.
