UN Documents for Counter-Terrorism: Security Council Press Statements

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13 November 2015 SC/12121 Condemned the terrorist attacks in Paris.
6 August 2015 SC/12000 This was a press statement that condemned the terrorist attack claimed by ISIS at a mosque at the headquarters of the Special Emergency Security Forces in the Asir region of Saudi Arabia.
26 June 2015 SC/11947 This was a press statement condemning terrorist attacks against a chemical products factory in France; a bomb attack in a Shi’a mosque in Kuwait; and gunmen attacking a tourist hotel in Tunisia.
16 June 2015 SC/11929 This was a press statement on the comprehensive review of the implementation of resolution 1540, Council members welcomed the 1540 Committee’s process for the comprehensive review.
22 May 2015 SC/11903 This was a press statement that condemned the terrorist attack claimed by ISIS at a mosque in Qatif, Saudi Arabia.
18 March 2015 SC/11823 This was a press statement that condemned the terrorist attack at the National Bardo Museum in Tunisia.
27 February 2015 SC/11804 Council members condemned terrorist acts in Iraq by ISIS, including: the abduction of 100 Sunni tribesmen from outside Tikrit on 25 February; the immolation of 45 Iraqis in Baghdadi on 17 February; ongoing daily attacks targeting civilians in Baghdad; and the deliberate destruction of religious and cultural artifacts housed in the Mosul Museum and the burning of thousands of books and rare manuscripts from the Mosul Library.
25 February 2015 SC/11799 Condemned the abduction of hundreds of Assyrians by ISIS in northeast Syria.
3 February 2015 SC/11764 Condemned ISIS for the murder of a Jordanian pilot, Muath Al-Kasasbeh.
1 February 2015 SC/11762 Condemned ISIS for the murder of a Japanese journalist, Kenji Goto.
30 January 2015 SC/11761 This press statement condemned the 29 January attack in the north of the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, which killed and injured dozens of Egyptian soldiers and civilians.
25 January 2015 SC/10530 Members of the Security Council condemned the multiple terrorist attacks that occurred in Kano, Nigeria, causing numerous deaths and injuries.
23 January 2015 SC/11750 This was a press statement regarding the listing by the 1267/1989 Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee of four individuals, including two ISIS members and one Al-Nusra Front member.
7 January 2015 SC/11727 This press statement condemned the terrorist attack against the headquarters of French newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, causing numerous deaths among journalists, media professionals and associated personnel, as well as of two policemen.
16 December 2014 SC/11707 This was a press statement that condemned the terrorist attack against children that occurred at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, causing the death of over 140 innocent civilians, including 132 children.