The United Nations Security Council has called on Nigeria to bring perpetrators and sponsors of the bomb attack on its building in Nigerian capital, Abuja on Friday to justice. Members of the Council, at a session held at the council's chamber at the UN headquarters in New York to debate peacekeeping, also observed a one-minute silence in honour of the victims of the attack. A devastating blast on Friday from a car riddled with explosives and driven by a suicide bomber to the Abuja office of the UN, which houses 26 humanitarian and development agencies of the global body, had claimed several lives and left many others injured. Reacting to the tragedy in a statement issued by its President, Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri, the Council said it condemned the bombing, "in the strongest terms". While calling on Nigeria to bring "perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors" of what it called, "these reprehensible acts of terrorism" to justice, it urged all states to cooperate actively with the Nigerian authorities in this regard, in accordance with their obligations under international law and relevant Security Council resolutions. In the statement, the Council reaffirmed that "terrorism in all its forms and manifestations is criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of its motivation, wherever, whenever and by whomsoever committed." It also harped on the need for all states to combat by all means, in accordance with UN Charter, threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts. It however reminded states to ensure that measures taken to combat terrorism comply with all their obligations under international law, in particular international human rights, refugee and humanitarian law. The statement also said, "members of the Security Council underlined their support for the people and the Government of Nigeria, and their support for the crucial work that the United Nations is doing in partnership with the Government of Nigeria for the benefit of all Nigerians." Also, at a session convened to debate peacekeeping, each of the 15 nations in the UN Security Council took time to condemn, in strong terms, the attack which claimed lives of some UN workers and left several others injured.