UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon says the world body will soon conduct a global threat review following Friday’s bomb blast at its office in Abuja. The attack claimed no fewer than 23 people while more than 80 were wounded.
Ban, in remarks to the UN Security Council and a closed-door special session of the General Assembly later on Tuesday in New York, said the UN will ``also undertake a full review of the incident and our security measures at UN House.’' He promised to share the results of the review with member states ``at the first opportunity.’’ The secretary general said the suicide bomb attack in Abuja was the second major ``terrorist attack’’ on UN premises this year.
In April, seven UN staff were killed in Mazai-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, after a mob enraged by Koran burning in the U.S., stormed a UN compound in Afghanistan. Ban, who addressed the 193-member General Assembly for the first time after he dispatched two senior UN officials to Abuja, described the UN building in Abuja as ``a well built structure with robust security measures.’’
``What we know is that this attack was the work of a suicide bomber who rammed a sport utility vehicle at high speed through the exit gates of
Ban, in remarks to the UN Security Council and a closed-door special session of the General Assembly later on Tuesday in New York, said the UN will ``also undertake a full review of the incident and our security measures at UN House.’' He promised to share the results of the review with member states ``at the first opportunity.’’ The secretary general said the suicide bomb attack in Abuja was the second major ``terrorist attack’’ on UN premises this year.
In April, seven UN staff were killed in Mazai-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, after a mob enraged by Koran burning in the U.S., stormed a UN compound in Afghanistan. Ban, who addressed the 193-member General Assembly for the first time after he dispatched two senior UN officials to Abuja, described the UN building in Abuja as ``a well built structure with robust security measures.’’
``What we know is that this attack was the work of a suicide bomber who rammed a sport utility vehicle at high speed through the exit gates of
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