(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) UN Security Council (UNSC) condemned all acts of violence against diplomatic premises, which endanger innocent lives and seriously impede the normal work of diplomatic representatives and officials.
In the strongest terms, the UNSC condemned, in a statement, the terrorist attacks against the embassies of the Republic of Korea and Morocco that took place in Tripoli, Libya.
The members of the Security Council expressed their deepest condolences to the families of the two Libyans killed in the attacks.
Moreover, the 15-member body 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 also 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.
Nevertheless, the Council underlined the need to bring the perpetrators of these acts to justice.
In the statement, the Council also 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.
The past two days, ISIL's Libya branch claimed responsibility for the bombings of the Moroccan Embassy, as well as the armed attack which targeted the South Korean premises
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