Security Council passes resolution on Bali blasts

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UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- The U.N. Security Council has passed a resolution condemning the weekend blasts in Bali "in the strongest possible terms," at once giving support to Indonesia and carefully urging it to crack down on such terrorist attacks.

Passed unanimously, the resolution noted the high number of casualties -- at least 180 people killed, scores missing, and some 300 wounded.

The Security Council "moved quickly and immediately to express their utter abhorrence," said British Ambassador Jeremy Greenstock, who sits on the council and is also the chairman of its Counter-Terrorism Committee.

The resolution also urges all U.N. member countries to give their support to Indonesia. Greenstock noted every U.N. member still must live up to commitments made in the wake of September 11 to cut off financing and travel for terrorist groups.

"The United Kingdom decided that this was such a huge and ghastly attack that it deserved some attention from the Security Council," Greenstock said.

"I don't think that the committee can go on doing its work and not take account of events of this magnitude."

The Security Council has, with little fanfare, demanded countries support the war on terrorism through funding cutoffs and travel restrictions on suspected terrorist organizations. Each country must contribute reports on its progress towards cracking down on terrorism.

Greenstock said the decision to pass the resolution was meant in part as a signal of support to the Indonesian government.

"I think that the Indonesians are reeling from this, and they did want to hear some expressions of international support," he said. "We were very glad to support them by this gesture."

At the same time, the resolution is meant to remind the country that, as a member of the United Nations, it has a responsibility to crack down on terrorism.

Earlier, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he was shocked and horrified to learn of Saturday's blasts. Annan, traveling in China, expressed "utter condemnation" of all indiscriminate attacks on civilians.

Greenstock expressed condolences to Indonesia and Australia, which lost a number of its citizens in the blasts. He also said the United Kingdom may have lost half the number of citizens it lost in the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center.

"It isn't just the people who've been killed, it's also the effect on the economy of a country that is trying to develop into a mature and prosperous nation that is affected by this," Greenstock said.

"This was a bad one, and the people who did it are to be condemned utterly and absolutely for their indiscriminate killing for we know not what cause, in this particular case," he said.

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