Articles > Reference > News Wires, White Papers, and Books > US Fed News Service, Including US State News news wires > October-December 2008 > Thursday, October 30

Article: SECURITY COUNCIL, IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, STRONGLY CONDEMNS 'HEINOUS' TERRORIST ATTACK ON UNITED NATIONS, GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN SOMALIA

Article from:
US Fed News Service, Including US State News
Article date:
October 30, 2008
Copyright

The United Nations issued the following press release:

The Security Council this afternoon condemned in the strongest terms yesterday's terrorist suicide attacks in Somalia that targeted the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and government offices, causing numerous deaths and injuries.

Through a statement read out by Zhang Yesui of China, which holds the Council's presidency for October, Council members also underlined the need to bring to justice the perpetrators and enablers of what it called "heinous" attacks, which occurred in the towns of Hargeysa and Bosasso, and appeared to have been coordinated.

Noting with appreciation that some of the injured were being treated at the ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

Dictionary definition: Security Council, United ...
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military;      250 words ...Security Council, United Nations see United Nations Security Council .

Article: U.S. to take N. Korean issue to Security Council; ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  January 20, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... to the U..N. Security Council, a senior U.S ... other countries, the United Nations and its weapons inspectors ... was heading to the United Nations to discuss North ... ministers of other Security Council members. In South ...

Article: Legitimacy, power, and the symbolic life of the UN ...
Global Governance;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...The Charter of the United Nations gives the Security Council enormous formal powers ... power of symbols around the Security Council. Taking seriously the ... problem with respect to the Security Council because so much of what ...

Article: United we stand; The UN Security Council.(Reforming ...
The Economist (US);  July 30, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... attempt to nip reform of the United Nations Security Council in the bud has been foiled ... proposing, bringing total Security Council membership to 26. Besides ... suggested that any attempt at Security Council reform at this stage would ...

Article: Economic and Social Council: may become 'as important as ...
UN Chronicle;  December 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... important an organ as the Security Council, and will become the Council ... strengthened role for the United Nations has never before been more ... and provide reports to the Security Council on developments that may ... Secretary-General reported. "United Nations ...

Article: Security Council extends United ...
M2 Presswire;  August 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... 2006-UN: Security Council extends United Nations force in ... Lebanon to the United Nations conveying ... that the Security Council extend the ... Background The Security Council met this ... report on the United Nations Interim Force ...

Article: Speakers in Security Council say United ...
M2 Presswire;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Speakers in Security Council say United Nations' experience in ... appealed to the Security Council to set aside its ... had marked the Security Council discussions regarding ... organs, and the United Nations in its entirety ...

Article: Security Council, in Presidential statement, ...
M2 Presswire;  October 31, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... October 2008-UN: Security Council, in Presidential ... terrorist attack on United Nations, government offices ... 30102008 The Security Council this afternoon ... Djibouti. "The Security Council commends United Nations personnel for ...

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!

Find articles, research, and archives