We firmly reject any ideology that guides the actions of terrorists.

We deplore the murder of journalists in any part of the world.

We deplore the violations of the ceasefire that are currently taking place in Darfur and hope that they will cease.

In that connection, we deplore the fact that Afghanistan has become more dependent on narcotics production and trafficking in drugs.

At the same time, like other members of the international community, we deeply deplore the gross violations of international humanitarian and human rights law in Darfur.

We also deplore the continued destruction of Palestinian property in the occupied territories and the resumption of the practice of the extrajudicial killing of Palestinian militants, in flagrant violation of the commitments undertaken at Sharm el Sheikh.