(MENAFNEditorial) NEW YORK November 14 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist bomb attacks against the embassies of Egypt and the United Arab Emirates in Tripoli Libya on 13 November.
The members of the Security Council condemned all acts of violence against diplomatic premises which endanger innocent lives and seriously impede the normal work of diplomatic representatives and officials.
The members of the Security Council reaffirmed that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to peace and security and that any acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable regardless of their motivations whenever and by whomsoever committed.
The members of the Security Council reaffirmed the need to combat by all means in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and all obligations under international law in particular international human rights refugee and humanitarian law threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts.
The members of the Security Council underlined the need to bring the perpetrators of these acts to justice.
The members of the Security Council recalled the fundamental principle of the inviolability of diplomatic and consular premises and the obligations on host Governments including under the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations to take all appropriate steps to protect diplomatic and consular premises against any intrusion or damage and to prevent any disturbance of the peace of these missions or impairment of their dignity and to prevent any attack on diplomatic agents and consular officers.
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