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UN chief slams `hateful film', calls for calm
Friday September 14, 2012 11:31:01 AM,
IANS
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United Nations: Calling for calm and restraint at the time of rising tensions, UN
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has condemned as "hateful" the
anti-Islam that triggered anti-American protest in the Middle East
and North Africa.
"The secretary-general is deeply disturbed by the recent violence
in Libya and elsewhere in the Middle East," said a statement
issued here late Thursday by Ban's spokesperson.
"Nothing justifies such killings and attacks", Xinhua reported,
quoting the statement.
The secretary general "condemns the hateful film that appears to
have been deliberately designed to sow bigotry and bloodshed", the
statement said.
The statement came as angry demonstrations against the anti-Islam
film reportedly made in the US have spread to several countries
across the Middle East and North Africa.
"At this time of rising tensions, the secretary-general calls for
calm and restraint, and stresses the need for dialogue, mutual
respect and understanding," the statement said.
Thursday morning witnessed the storming of the US Embassy in Yemen
by several hundred protesters, angry about the same YouTube video
that sparked similar anti-American protests in Egypt and Libya
earlier this week.
In Libya, where the US ambassador, Christopher Stevens, and three
embassy staff, were killed during protests in Benghazi, an eastern
city, Tuesday, officials said they had made "four arrests" over
the attack.
Hundreds of protesters, angered by an alleged US-made movie that
insults Prophet Mohammad, broke into the US consulate building in
Benghazi Tuesday night and set ablaze the building.
In the Iranian capital Tehran, up to 500 people protested over the
issue chanting "Death to America!" and death to the movie's
director, reports said.
The rally, near the Swiss embassy that handles US interests in the
absence of US-Iran diplomatic ties, ended peacefully two hours
later.
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