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                     27 June. Allied Joint Force Command NAPLES, SHAPE, NATO HQ 
(more information: http://www.jfcnaples.nato.int/) 
  
Mission 
NATO took control of all military operations for Libya under United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1970 & 1973 on 31 March 2011. The aim of Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR is to protect civilians and civilian-populated areas under attack or threat of attack. 
The mission consists of three elements: an arms embargo, a no-fly-zone and actions to protect civilians from attack or the threat of attack. 
Over the past 24 hours, NATO has conducted the following activities associated with Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR: 
  
Air Operations 
Since the beginning of the NATO operation (31 March 2011, 08.00GMT) a total of 12,745 sorties, including 4,804 strike sorties*, have been conducted. 
Sorties conducted 26 JUNE: 138 
Strike sorties conducted 26 JUNE: 56 
  
*Strike sorties are intended to identify and engage appropriate targets, but do not necessarily deploy munitions each time. 
  
Key Hits 
26 JUNE: In Brega: 3 Command and Control Nodes. In the vicinity of Brega: 1 Tank. In the vicinity of Ras Lanuf: 3 Technical Vehicles. In the vicinity of Zintan: 2 Artillery Pieces. In vicinity of Zuwarah: 1 Antenna. In the vicinity of Yafran: 1 Logistic Node: In the vicinity of Tripoli: 2 Towed Artillery Pieces.  
  
Arms Embargo Activities 
A total of 20 ships under NATO command are actively patrolling the Central Mediterranean. 
16 Vessels were hailed on 26 JUNE to determine destination and cargo. 4 boardings (no denials) were conducted. 
A total of 1532 vessels have been hailed, 126 boardings and 8 denials have been conducted since the beginning of arms embargo operations. 
  
International Humanitarian Assistance Movements as recorded by NATO 
Total of Humanitarian Movements***: 415 (air, ground, maritime) 
Ships delivering Humanitarian Assistance 26 JUNE: 3 
Aircrafts delivering Humanitarian Assistance 26 JUNE: 1 
  
***Some humanitarian movements cover several days. 
  
Command and Control 
NATO’s operational commander for Operation Unified Protector is Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard of the Canadian Air Force. His office and staff is located at the Allied Joint Force Command Naples. 
For any operational query:  Naples Media and Information  Center tel: +39 081 721 31 11  Email: oup.media@gmail.com  | 
Any other query:  NATO HQ Press Desk  +32 (0) 2 707 1010  +32 (0) 2 707 10 07  Mail to: moc@hq.nato.int  |   
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