Saudi Arabia will urge the UN General Assembly to condemn attacks on diplomats following an Iranian plot to assassinate the Kingdom's envoy to the United States. The Saudi mission to the United Nations will “today (Wednesday) present a draft resolution to the General Assembly entitled: ‘Terrorist Attacks Against Persons with International Immunity',” the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said Wednesday. The Saudi mission “condemned the plot to assassinate the (Saudi) envoy in the United States” and “urged the international community to condemn terrorism,” it added. It stressed that combating terrorism in all its forms is among the priorities of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Abdulmohsen Ilyas, the Saudi UN mission's spokesman, said his delegation was aiming to put the resolution to a vote Friday. US authorities said last month they had uncovered a plot by two Iranian men linked to Tehran's security agencies to hire a hit man to kill Ambassador Adel Al-Jubeir. One man, Manssor Arbabsiar, was arrested in September while the other is believed to be in Iran. The draft resolution does not directly accuse Iran of being responsible for the plot or call for a condemnation of Tehran. It does, however, urge Iran “to comply with all of its obligations under international law ... and to cooperate with states to bring to justice all those who participated in the planning, sponsoring, organization and attempted execution of the plot to assassinate the (Saudi) ambassador.” The Saudi delegation expects that many UN member states will ask to jointly sponsor the non-binding General Assembly resolution, Ilyas said. “It's a clear signal that terrorist acts and acts of violence against any country, its citizens and its representatives should not pass without a proper response,” he said. Failure to condemn such acts would be tantamount to condoning them, he added.
