Russia welcomes UN resolution on hostage taking
By Tamara Frolkina

ITAR-TASS News Agency
April 20, 2005 Wednesday 1:59 PM Eastern Time

MOSCOW, April 20 — The Russian Foreign Ministry said the resolution
on hostage taking approved by the U.N. Commission on Human Rights will
“facilitate international efforts for the eradication of terrorism”.

“The adoption of this resolution sends a clear signal to terrorists
and condemns hostage taking” because “this type of terrorist acts
targets innocent people,” the ministry said on Wednesday.

The resolution “condemns hostage taking in the strongest possible terms
and points to the inadmissibility of using human rights rhetoric in
order to justify this phenomenon”.

“The memory of last year’s events in Beslan is still fresh. Those
tragic events clearly showed that terrorists recognise no moral or
ethical principles,” the ministry said.

Initiated by Russia, the resolution has 14 co-authors, including
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, and Ukraine.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress