S/PV.6526 Security Council

The President (spoke in French): I should like to take this opportunity to pay tribute, on behalf of the Council, to Mr. Nestor Osorio, Permanent Representative of Colombia, for his service as President of the Security Council for the month of April 2011. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted. Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts The President (spoke in French): I welcome the presence of His Excellency Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon at this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I have been authorized to make the following statement on behalf of the Council: "The Security Council recalls its resolutions regarding Osama Bin Laden and its condemnation of the Al-Qaida network and other associated terrorist groups for the multiple criminal terrorist acts aimed at causing the deaths of numerous innocent civilians and the destruction of property. "The Security Council also recalls the heinous terrorist attacks which took place on 11 September 2001 in New York, Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania and the other numerous attacks perpetrated by the network throughout the world. "In this regard, the Security Council welcomes the news on 1 May 2011 that Osama Bin Laden will never again be able to perpetrate such acts of terrorism, and reaffirms that terrorism cannot and should not be associated with any religion, nationality, civilization or group. "The Security Council recognizes this critical development and other accomplishments made in the fight against terrorism and urges all States to remain vigilant and intensify their efforts in the fight against terrorism. "The Security Council expresses once again its deepest sympathy and condolences to the victims of terrorism and their families. "The Security Council reaffirms the importance of all its resolutions and statements on terrorism, in particular resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001), 1624 (2005), 1963 (2010) and 1904 (2009), as well as other applicable international counter-terrorism instruments, stresses the need for their full implementation and calls for enhanced cooperation in this regard. "The Security Council further reaffirms its call on all States to work together urgently to bring to justice the perpetrators, organizers and sponsors of terrorist attacks and its determination that those responsible for aiding, supporting or harbouring the perpetrators, organizers and sponsors of these acts will be held accountable. "The Security Council reaffirms that Member States must ensure that any measures taken to combat terrorism comply with all their obligations under international law, in particular international human rights, refugee and humanitarian law. "The Security Council stresses that no cause or grievance can justify the murder of innocent people and that terrorism will not be defeated by military force, law enforcement measures and intelligence operations alone, and can only be defeated by a sustained and comprehensive approach involving the active participation and collaboration of all States and relevant international and regional organizations and civil society to address the conditions conducive to the spread of terrorism and to impede, impair, isolate and incapacitate the terrorist threat." This statement will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/2011/9. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on the agenda. The meeting rose at 5.35 p.m. 11-31995