U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon AP PHOTO

Hours after an explosion outside Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's office, the council expressed its "unwavering support for the efforts of the U.N. and its secretary-general to promote an inclusive and effective political process in Iraq."

"The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the abhorrent terrorist attack on the Iraqi prime minister's office where the secretary-general participated in a news conference," said the council's current president, South African Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo.

The Japan Times Weekly: March 31, 2007
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