Security Council Slams 'Heinous' Dahieh Attack, Calls on All Parties to Commit to Baabda Declaration

The members of the United Nations Security Council strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Beirut's southern suburb of Dahieh on Thursday, they announced in a statement on Friday.

It stressed: “The members of the Security Council appealed to all Lebanese people to preserve national unity in the face of attempts to undermine the country’s stability and stressed the importance for all Lebanese parties to respect Lebanon’s policy of disassociation and to refrain from any involvement in the Syrian crisis, consistent with their commitment in the Baabda Declaration.”

“The members of the Security Council reaffirmed that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security, and that any acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivation, wherever, whenever and by whomsoever committed,” the statement added.

“The members of the Security Council reaffirmed the need to combat by all means, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and all obligations under international law, in particular international human rights, refugee and humanitarian law, threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts,” it continued.

The members of the Security Council underlined the need to bring the perpetrators to justice.

They extended their condolences to the victims and their families and expressed their sympathy to all those injured “in this heinous act and to the people and government of Lebanon.”

At least 18 people were killed and 248 others wounded in a car bombing that rocked Hizbullah's stronghold in Beirut's southern suburbs on Thursday, state-run National News Agency reported.

The blast went off on the public road between Bir al-Abed and Ruwais.