Combating Corruption & Other Topics - Daily Briefing (23 May 2018)

Daily Press Briefing: Corruption, participation, disarmament, Middle East, Syria, Sudan, Health, Obstetric Fistula, Concert, Honour Roll
Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary General.
Highlights:
- U.N. CHIEF HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO COMBAT CORRUPTION, RESTORE TRUST IN INSTITUTIONS
- DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL: WE CANNOT EXCLUDE PEOPLE FROM TAKING PART IN PROCESSES THAT AFFECT THEM
- U.N. CHIEF TO SPEAK TO STUDENTS IN SWITZERLAND TOMORROW
- WE MUST ACT URGENTLY TO AVOID ANOTHER WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST, U.N. OFFICIAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL
- U.N. ASSISTING MORE THAN 7,000 SYRIANS WHO HAVE RETURNED TO GHOUTA AFTER MONTHS OF DISPLACEMENT
- U.N./AFRICAN UNION MISSION IN DARFUR STEPS UP PATROLS FOLLOWING CONFRONTATION IN INTERNALLY DISPLACED CAMP
- U.N. WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY SETS NEW PLAN FOR NEXT FIVE YEARS
- ON INTERNATIONAL DAY, U.N. SPOTLIGHTS NEED FOR ACCESS TO OBSTETRIC CARE FOR ALL WOMEN
- U.N. CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY TO SPOTLIGHT FEMALE AND MINORITY COMPOSERS
- LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC PAYS ITS U.N. BUDGET DUES
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