We remember unity, resolve for future without terrorism: UN chief on 9/11 anniversary

On the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the United Nations paid tributes to the survivors, honoured the first responders and remembered its resolve for a future without terrorism.

United Nations: As the world marks the sombre occasion of the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the United Nations remembers the solidarity, unity and resolve expressed two decades ago by the international community for a future without terrorism, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said. "Today we mark a sombre day seared in the minds of millions of people around the world. A day when nearly 3,000 lives from over 90 countries were taken by terrorists in cowardly and heinous attacks in the United States of America. Thousands more were injured," Guterres said on Friday in his message on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. The attacks, which were planned by al-Qaeda from Afghanistan, saw four US passenger jets seized by suicide attackers - two of which were flown into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York.