New York, Jul 9 2007 5:00PM
The Security Council today condemned last week’s suicide car
bombing near a popular tourist site in Yemen that claimed the
lives of nine people, stressing the need to bring the sponsors as
well as the perpetrators of all terrorist attacks to justice.

In a statement read out by Ambassador Wang Guangya of China, which
holds the rotating presidency this month, Council members offered
its deepest sympathies and condolences to the victims and their
families, and to the Governments of Spain and Yemen.

Seven Spanish tourists and two Yemeni nationals were killed in
last Monday’s bombing, which took place near an archaeological
site in the province of Marib. Media reports say the explosion
occurred as the visitors were finishing a tour of the site, which
contains a temple built 3,000 years ago at the time of the
Queen of Sheba.

Today’s presidential statement urged all States to play their
part to ensure that the perpetrators, the organizers, the
financiers and the sponsors of the attack are brought to justice.

“The Security Council reaffirms that terrorism in all its
forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats
to international peace and security and that any acts of
terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their
motivation, wherever, whenever and by whomsoever committed,” the
statement added.

Last week Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also voiced outrage at
the deadly bombing and declared that no cause can justify such
acts of indiscriminate violence against civilians.
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