UN Reform & other topics - Daily Briefing (18 September 2017)

Описание: Daily Press Briefing: General Assembly, UN Reform, Development, Climate Change, Hurricane Irma, Myanmar/Bangladesh, Hunger, Syria, Iraq, Middle East, Equator Prize, IAEA, Appointments and Honour Roll mentions.

Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

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AT U.N. REFORM EVENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR ‘NIMBLE AND EFFECTIVE’ ORGANIZATION
SECRETARY-GENERAL SPOTLIGHTS NEED FOR DEVELOPMENT FINANCING TO REACH THOSE MOST IN NEED
ON CLIMATE CHANGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES NATIONS TO ‘STAY THE COURSE’
SECRETARY-GENERAL VOICES SUPPORT FOR MILLIONS AFFECTED BY HURRICANE IRMA
D.R. CONGO: SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS KILLING OF TANZANIAN BLUE HELMET SERVING WITH U.N. MISSION
CLASHES PREVENTING U.N. FROM ACCESSING MYANMAR’S RAKHINE STATE, NUMBER OF PEOPLE FLEEING TO BANGLADESH REACHES 415,000
FUNDING GAP MEANS MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION CHILDREN IN WEST, CENTRAL AFRICA WILL GO TO SCHOOL HUNGRY, U.N. AGENCY WARNS
U.N. ISSUES URGENT CALL FOR NEARLY $10 MILLION TO TACKLE NIGERIA CHOLERA OUTBREAK
U.N. RELIEF WING CALLS FOR PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS FROM VIOLENCE IN SYRIA’S EASTERN DEIR EZZOUR
UNILATERAL MOVE TO HOLD REFERENDUM IRAQ’S KURDISTAN REGION COULD WEAKEN EFFORTS TO DEFEAT DA’ESH, SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS
U.N. MIDDLE EAST ENVOY WELCOMES HAMAS ANNOUNCEMENT ON DISSOLUTION OF GAZA ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE
U.N.-BACKED EQUATOR PRIZE RECOGNIZES COMMUNITIES’ EFFORTS TO PROTECT ENVIRONMENT, ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE
NIGERIAN TEACHER HONOURED WITH U.N. NANSEN REFUGEE AWARD
GUINEAN NATIONAL APPOINTED TO SENIOR PEACEKEEPING POSITION
YUKIYA AMANO APPOINTED TO FURTHER FOUR-YEAR TEAM AS HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY
CÔTE D’IVOIRE, EL SALVADOR BECOME LATEST U.N. MEMBER STATES TO PAY FULL BUDGET DUES