Air Pollution & other topics - Daily Briefing (2 May 2018)

Daily Press Briefing: United Kingdom, Middle East, Libya, Central African Republic, Nigeria, Iraq, Syria, Energy, Air Pollution, Soil Pollution, Tuna, Press Events
Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- IN LONDON, U.N. CHIEF MEETS WITH U.K. PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY
- U.N. SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS STRESSES, LEADERS HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO CONFRONT ANTI-SEMITISM
- U.N. CONDEMNS SUICIDE ATTACK ON LIBYA’S ELECTORAL COMMISSION
- CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: TWO U.N. OFFICERS WOUNDED AFTER ATTACK IN BANGUI
- U.N. OFFICIAL CONDEMNS TWIN SUICIDE ATTACKS IN NIGERIA
- IRAQ: U.N. OFFICIAL CONDEMNS TERRORIST SHOOTING IN BAGHDAD
- SYRIA: U.N. REPORTS HOSPITAL IN HAMA GOVERNORATE WAS HIT BY AIRSTRIKE
- MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ADVANCE RENEWABLE ENERGY USE – U.N. CHIEF
- NINE OUT OF TEN PEOPLE BREATHE AIR WITH HIGH LEVELS OF POLLUTANTS – U.N. HEALTH AGENCY
- SOIL POLLUTION A THREAT TO FOOD SAFETY, WARNS U.N. REPORT
- ON INTERNATIONAL DAY, U.N. CALLS FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF TUNA STOCKS
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