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Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

More than 54,000 Iraqis have been internally displaced, as military operations to retake Mosul from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) continue.  The World Food Programme have provided food assistance to more than 100,000 people fleeing and are working to reach those trapped in Mosul and surrounding areas.

Security Council Committee Concerning Libya Amends Its Sanctions List

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On 11 November 2016, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entries below on its List (the Libya Sanctions List) of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze and travel ban set out in paragraphs 15 and/or 17 of Security Council resolution 1970 (2011) and/or paragraph 19 of resolution 1973 (2011), adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations:

As Seventy-First Session Concludes, Sixth Committee Upholds Tradition, Approving 12 Drafts without Vote

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Holding to its long-standing tradition of approving texts without a vote, the Sixth Committee (Legal) concluded the work of its seventy-first session today by taking action on 10 resolutions, one request for observer status and a draft decision on programme planning.

Secretary-General, at Meeting of United Nations Peacekeeping Police Chiefs, Says He Envisages Agile, Modern, People-Centred, Rights-Based Force

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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the eleventh meeting of Heads of United Nations Police Components, in New York today: