UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, addressing a ceremony to mark the World Humanitarian Day, condemned on Wednesday today’s terrorist bomb blasts that ripped through Baghdad, leaving some 95 Iraqis killed and more than 563 wounded. According to AFP, Ban Ki-moon expressed regret over the continuation of violence in Iraq that has led to killing of a number of innocent people.
The United Nations on Wednesday marked the first World Humanitarian Day to pay tribute to humanitarian workers killed in missions, including the 22 UN staffers who died in a Baghdad attack six years ago.
In related news, the rotating EU Presidency, the Sweden, issued a statement to censure the bomb blasts, expressing sympathy with the government and people of Iraq.
The terrorist blast is believed to be the work of US agents operating in tandem with certain reactionary Arab regimes in order to destabilize Iraq and provide a pretext to the American troops to re-enter urban areas.