United Nations Sep 11 (IANS) The Security Council on Tuesday observed a moment of silence for victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States 17 years ago.
"Seventeen years later it hurts as much today as the day that it happened " said US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley who asked for a "point of personal privilege" at the beginning of a morning session of the Security Council Xinhua news agency reported.
Haley who presided over the meeting as President of the council for the month of September asked for a moment of silence to remember the thousands of victims who lost their lives 17 years ago in New York City and Washington D.C.
"That day taught us a lot of lessons. It taught us the lesson that we can never let our guard down; it taught us the lesson that the evil exists; it taught us the lesson that we should never stop trying for peace and security in this world " Haley told the Security Council.
Nearly 3 000 people were killed when four hijacked planes hit the World Trade Center Twin Towers in New York the Pentagon near Washington and a field near Shanksville in Pennsylvania on September 11 2001.

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