The Dire Humanitarian Situation Inside Eastern Ghouta & Other Topics - Daily Briefing (21 May 2018)

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Channel: United Nations · 2018 · News & Politics

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Daily Press Briefing: Appointment, Ebola, Libya, Syria, Darfur, Somalia/Djibouti, Afghanistan, Press Conferences Tomorrow & Honour Roll 

Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary General.

Highlights:
-  JOYCE MSUYA OF TANZANIA APPOINTED AS DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF U.N. ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME 
-  U.N. SUPPORTING DR CONGO WITH VACCINATIONS AGAINST EBOLA 
-  U.N. OFFICIAL CALLS ON SECURITY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT POLITICAL PROCESS IN LIBYA 
-  SYRIA: U.N. WARNS HUMANITARIAN SITUATION INSIDE EASTERN GHOUTA REMAINS DIRE, CALLS FOR ACCESS 
-  HEAD OF JOINT AFRICAN-UNION AND U.N. MISSION IN DARFUR EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER RECENT CLASHES, CALLS FOR RESTRAINT 
-  SOMALIA: U.N. SUPPORTING THOUSANDS AFFECTED BY TROPICAL CYCLONE SAGAR 
-  OPIUM CULTIVATION IN AFGHANISTAN REACHED RECORD HIGH IN 2017 – U.N. SURVEY 
-  U.N. AND NEPAL SIGN AGREEMENT TO HELP VULNERABLE FARMERS ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE 
- ON INTERNATIONAL DAY, U.N. HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY 
-  FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA, VANUATU AND VIET NAM PAY U.N. BUDGET DUES 


FULL HIGHLIGHTS: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=21%20May%202018

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