Mideast situation/Attacks – CERD 48th session – Press release (excerpts)

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORT OF HUNGARY, CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACKS IN ISRAEL

GENEVA, 6 March (UN Information Service) — …

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Also this afternoon, the Committee condemned the recent terrorist acts in Israel, which had resulted in "the indiscriminate killing of innocent people". The Committee joined the Secretary-General in calling on the international community to stand together and speak out against all acts of terrorism. It also expressed its resolute and full support for the Middle East peace process.

Statement on Terrorist Attacks in Israel

The Committee decision expressed "grave concern" over terrorist acts victimizing certain racial, ethnic and national groups. It condemned all forms of terrorism and stressed the necessity of strengthening international cooperation to prevent such attacks. In the same spirit, it condemned and denounced the recent terrorist acts in Israel resulting in the indiscriminate killing of innocent people.

The Committee joined the Secretary-General in calling on the international community to stand together, to speak out and to unite in action against all acts of terrorism. It reiterated that there was no justification whatsoever for such acts. "The Committee expresses its resolute and full support for the Middle East peace process and for what has been so painstakingly achieved by Israel and the Palestinian Authority in the interest of the Israeli and Palestinian peoples", it stated.

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