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Secretary-General, at Consultation, Urges Nations, Civil Society to Hold ‘Broadest Possible Debate, Weigh Every Option’ during Special Session on World Drug Problem

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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the informal interactive stakeholder consultation for the General Assembly Special Session on the world drug problem in New York today:

Promoting Rights Central to Strategy for Ending Trafficking in Human Beings, Secretary-General Tells Event on Eradicating ‘Modern-Day Slavery’

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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the high-level event “In Stronger Partnership and Coordination to Stop Human Trafficking: Eradicating Modern-Day Slavery through Sustainable Development”, in New York today:

ISIL Still Threatens International Peace, Under-Secretary-General Tells Security Council, Calling for ‘Unity and Action’ to Combat Extremist Group

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Despite recent territorial losses inflicted upon Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the international community urgently needed “unity and action” to combat the continuing threat posed by the terrorist group, the ranking United Nations political official stressed today as he briefed the Security Council.

Security Council, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2264 (2016), Raises Number of Corrections Officers in Central African Republic Peacekeeping Operation

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The Security Council decided today to maintain the current personnel ceiling of more than 12,800 in the military and police components of the United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Central African Republic and to increase the number of corrections officers, determining that the situation in the strife-torn nation remained a threat to international peace and security.