UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described Statement the attack Terrorism as an 'assault on those who devote themselves to helping others ' The attack is the first suicide bombing in Nigeria to attack an international organisation .

The U Thant funeral crisis or U Thant crisis ( Burmese : ဦးသန့် အရေးအခင်း ) was a series of protests Attack and riots in the then-Burmese capital of Yangon triggered Causation by the death of U Thant , the third Secretary-General of the United Nations on 25 November 1974 .

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had initially asked Request for US $ 460 million ( €420 million ) for emergency relief , noting Statement that the flood was the worst disaster he had ever seen .