The UN Security Council has condemned the June 1 terrorist attack, which Al-Shabaab militants carried out on the Ambassador Hotel, Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital city.
In a UN statement issued on Friday, the Council reaffirmed that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constituted one of the most serious threats to international peace and security.
It stated that those responsible for these killings should be held accountable.
The Council stressed the need to take measures that would prevent and suppress the financing of Al-Shabaab and other terrorist groups in Somalia.
It reiterated its determination to support the peace and reconciliation process in Somalia, stressing that neither this nor any other terrorist attack would weaken that determination.
A bomb and gun attack by Al-Shabaab militants on the hotel killed at least 16 people and wounded 55.