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Airstrikes on Migrants in Libya & other topics - Daily Briefing (3 July 2019)

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Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
Daily Press Briefing:
- Libya
- Security Council
- Secretary-General’s Travels
- Appointments
- Syria
- Afghanistan
- Kabul Attack
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Papua New Guinea
- UNESCO
- ILO
- Holiday
Highlights:
LIBYA
The Secretary-General is outraged by reports that at least 44 migrants and refugees, including women and children, have been killed and more than 130 injured following airstrikes at the Tajoura migrant detention centre, east of Tripoli. He condemns this horrendous incident in the strongest terms and he expresses his deepest condolences to the families of the victims and wishes a quick recovery to those injured.
The Secretary-General calls for an independent investigation of the circumstances of this incident, to ensure that the perpetrators are brought to justice. It is important to note that the United Nations had provided exact coordinates of the detention centre to the parties. The Secretary-General further reminds all parties of their obligations under international humanitarian law to take all feasible precautions to avoid, and in any event to minimize, incidental loss of civilian life, injuries to civilians and damage to civilian objects, and also to refrain from directing attacks against civilians. This incident underscores the urgency to provide all refugees and migrants with safe shelter until their asylum claims can be processed or they can be safely repatriated.
The Secretary-General reiterates his call for an immediate ceasefire in Libya and a return to political dialogue.

SECURITY COUNCIL
This afternoon the Security Council will be holding consultations on Lybia and we expect Under-Secretary-General, Rosemary DiCarlo to brief in close consultations.

SG TRAVELS
The Secretary-General is on his way to St Lucia, where he will be speaking this evening at the 40th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, otherwise known as CARICOM. The Secretary-General is also scheduled to meet today with St. Lucia’s Prime Minister, Allen Chastanet, as well as other heads of State attending the meeting. We will bring you more details of his visit later and he will be here in the office on Friday.
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