Child Marriage & other topics - Daily Briefing (6 March 2018)

Daily Press Briefing: Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Myanmar-Bangladesh, Australia-Timor-Leste, Fyrom, Child Marriage, Food Assistance, Darfur, Honour Roll
Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary General.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- U.N. SPECIAL ENVOY MEETS REPRESENTATIVES FOR IRAN, RUSSIA AND TURKEY TO DISCUSS CONFLICT IN SYRIA
- YEMEN: U.N. WARNS SOME 77,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN NEWLY DISPLACED OVER PAST FOURS MONTHS
- U.N. LAUNCHES $569 MILLION HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE PLAN FOR IRAQ
- U.N. SENIOR OFFICIAL TO VISIT SRI LANKA THIS WEEK
- ETHNIC CLEANSING OF ROHINGYA FROM MYNAMAR CONTINUES – U.N. OFFICIAL
- U.N. TEAMS UP WITH NATURE CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION TO PROTECT ROHINGYA REFUGEES FROM ELEPHANTS NEAR SETTLEMENT
- AUSTRALIA AND EAST TIMOR TO SIGN MARITIME BOUNDARIES TREATY UNDER U.N. AUSPICES
- U.N. OFFICIAL PRAISES REFORM EFFORTS BY FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
- CHILD MARRIAGE DECREASING GLOBALLY – U.N.I.C.E.F.
- 37 COUNTRIES IN NEED OF FOOD ASSISTANCE – U.N. AGENCY
- ANITA KOKUI GBEHO OF GHANA APPOINTED AS DEPUTY JOINT SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR A.U.-U.N. MISSION IN DARFUR
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