Jan Kubis, head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and secretary-general Ban Ki-moon’s special representative in Afghanistan, has called for “disciplinary actions” against the US Soldiers involved in the burning of the Quran at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan.

“I agree with those who say that after this apology and after the investigation disciplinary actions should follow, those who were behind this grave mistake should be held accountable for it,” he told a press conference in Kabul on Thursday.

While he criticized the ensuing violence, Kubis described the Afghan reactions as “natural” — and declined to call for the prosecution of those who had killed 6 Americans or 30 Afghans in the ensuing riots.

In case you were curious about how the UN feels about Islam, it respects Islam “deeply, deeply and profoundly:”

“We deeply, deeply and profoundly respect Islam and we deeply respect the religious feelings, culture of our host country, Afghanistan,” he said. “That is why we were very hurt, as the United Nations, to see that other part of the international community, the international military, by mistake allowed this kind of desecration of the holy Qur’an.”

At least that’s cleared up.

Via ArmyChaplaincy.com.