[AI] Risoluzione ONU contro il terrorismo

[carlo.gubitosa at bbs.olografix.org]

Di seguito alleghiamo la risoluzione del 
Consiglio di Sicurezza delle Nazioni Unite in 
merito agli attacchi terroristici dell'11 
settembre.

Nel testo della risoluzione non si menziona 
L'Afghanistan ne' tantomeno un attacco militare, 
ma si parla solamente di lotta al terrorismo "con 
tutti i mezzi", ovviamente nel rispetto della 
carta delle Nazioni Unite.

 

 

 

 

 

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Security 
Council                                           
    SC/7143

4370th Meeting 
(PM)                                          12 
September 2001 

 

 

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS, ‘IN STRONGEST TERMS’,

TERRORIST ATTACKS ON UNITED STATES

 

Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1368 (2001),

Council Calls on All States to Bring Perpetrators 
to Justice
 

 

      The Security Council today, following what 
it called yesterday’s "horrifying terrorist 
attacks" in New York, Washington, D.C., and 
Pennsylvania, unequivocally condemned those acts, 
and expressed its deepest sympathy and 
condolences to the victims and their families and 
to the people and Government of the United 
States. 

 

Council members departed from tradition and stood 
to unanimously adopt resolution 1368 (2001), by 
which they expressed the Council's readiness to 
take all necessary steps to respond to the 
attacks of 11 September and to combat all forms 
of terrorism in accordance with its Charter 
responsibilities.

 

In a related provision, the Council called on all 
States to work together urgently to bring to 
justice the perpetrators, organizers and sponsors 
of those terrorist attacks and stressed that 
those responsible for aiding, supporting or 
harbouring them would be held accountable.

 

Also by the text, the Council held that any act 
of international terrorism was a threat to 
international peace and security.  It also called 
on the international community to redouble its 
efforts to prevent and suppress terrorist acts, 
including by increased cooperation and full 
implementation of the relevant international anti-
terrorist conventions and Council resolutions.  

 

Addressing the meeting, Secretary-General Kofi 
Annan said that everyone felt ÿrevulsion at the cold-blooded viciousness of this 
attackÿit ÿpossible terms.  He extended his most profound 
sympathy to the victims and their loved ones.  A 
terrorist attack on one country was an attack on 
all humanity, he said. 

 

One by one, Council members expressed shock and 
grief at yesterday's attacks and offered their 
deepest condolences and support for the 
Government and people of the United States.  Many 
agreed that the whole world, and not just one 
country, had been plunged into an unprecedented 
time of peril, fear and uncertainty.

 

 

 

(page 1a follows)

 

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September 2001

 

 

The Permanent Representative of the United States 
to the United Nations thanked members and world 
leaders for their support on that dark day.  
Indeed, yesterday's event had been an assault not 
just on the United States, but on all who 
supported peace and democracy and the values for 
which the United Nations stood, he added.

 

"We will grieve and we will heal," he said.  His 
country looked to all of those who stood for 
peace and justice to stand with it to win the war 
against terrorism.  Echoing the statement made by 
United States President George W. Bush last 
night, he said that no distinction would be made 
between those who committed those acts and those 
who harboured the criminals.  The horrific images 
burned into global memory would serve as a 
constant reminder to all to stamp out that 
scourge.  

      

      All permanent members of the Security 
Council spoke.  

 

The meeting began at noon and was adjourned at 
12:42 p.m. 

 

Resolution

 

      The full text of Security Council 
resolution 1368 (2001) reads as follows:

 

      ÿ
 

      ÿthe Charter of the United Nations,

 

      ÿto international peace and security caused by 
terrorist acts,

 

      ÿindividual or collective self-defence in 
accordance with the Charter,

 

      ÿstrongest terms the horrifying terrorist attacks 
which took place on 11 September 2001 in New 
York, Washington (D.C.) and Pennsylvania and 
regards such acts, like any act of international 
terrorism, as a threat to international peace and 
security;

      

ÿ2.      Expresses its deepest sympathy and 
condolences to the victims and their families and 
to the People and Government of the United States 
of America;

 

      ÿtogether urgently to bring to justice the 
perpetrators, organizers and sponsors of these 
terrorist attacks and stresses that those 
responsible for aiding, supporting or harbouring 
the perpetrators, organizers and sponsors of 
these acts will be held accountable;

 

      ÿcommunity to redouble their efforts to prevent 
and suppress terrorist acts including by 
increased cooperation and full implementation of 
the relevant international anti-terrorist 
conventions and Security Council resolutions, in 
particular resolution 1269 of 19 October 1999;

 

 

(page 1b follows)

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4370th Meeting 
(PM)                                    12 
September 2001

 

 

      ÿall necessary steps to respond to the terrorist 
attacks of 11 September 2001, and to combat all 
forms of terrorism, in accordance with its 
responsibilities under the Charter of the United 
Nations;

 

      ÿmatter.ÿ
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(page 2 follows)

 

 



Background
 

The Security Council met this afternoon under 
extraordinary circumstances to consider the total 
destruction yesterday of the World Trade Centre 
in New York by two hijacked commercial passenger 
jets, and subsequent attacks on the Pentagon in 
Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania by other 
hijacked aircraft

 

Statements
 

The President of the Council, JEAN-DAVID LEVITTE 
(France), extended feelings of sorrow, deep 
solidarity and condolences to the United States 
delegation on behalf of the members of the Council

 

The Council then observed a moment of silence.

 

      KOFI ANNAN, Secretary-General, said the 
Council was meeting today in exceptionally grave 
circumstances.  The United States, the host 
country, and New York, the host city, had been 
subjected to a terrorist attack which had 
horrified all.  While the full extent of the 
damage was not yet known, it seemed certain that 
thousands had lost their lives and many had 
suffered dreadful injuries.  ÿshock and revulsion at the cold-blooded 
viciousness of the attackÿcondemn it, and those who planned it ÿthey may be -ÿ
 

He extended most profound sympathy to the 
victims, their loved ones and to the people and 
Government of the United States.  ÿthatÿwith the American Government and people in this 
hour.ÿwhich the United Nations had many times 
condemned.  A terrorist attack on one country was 
an attack on humanity as a whole.  All nations of 
the world must work together to identify the 
perpetrators and bring them to justice, he urged. 

 

Sir JEREMY GREENSTOCK (United Kingdom) said 
yesterday’s events had ÿbeyond imaginingÿdeep shock and sympathy with the people of the 
United States and their determination to wipe out 
terrorism globally.  His Queen, Elizabeth II, had 
expressed heartfelt sympathy to the United States 
President, George W. Bush, and admiration for 
those trying to cope with the tragedy. 

 

He said the European Union, in a meeting this 
morning, said yesterday’s act was not only 
against the United States, but against humanity 
itself and the life and freedom shared by all.  
He said his Prime Minister, Tony Blair, had 
expressed similar sentiments and called attention 
to the fact that terrorism was the new evil of 
today.  The United Kingdom supported the 
substance of the resolution that the Council was 
considering.  Yesterday’s act was a global issue, 
an attack on modern civilization and an affront 
to the human spirit.  ÿgloballyÿ
 

      ANUND PRIYAY NEEWOOR (Mauritius) expressed 
profound shock at yesterday’s events.  He 
conveyed his deepest sympathy