Escalation of violence in Libya & other topics - Daily Briefing (4 September 2018)

Daily Press Briefing: SG trip, Myanmar, Bachelet, Syria, South Sudan, Children in Armed Conflict, Lake Chad Basin, Libya, Weapons, Iraq, Press Conference Today
Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- IN BEIJING, SECRETARY-GENERAL SPOTLIGHTS COMBINED POTENTIAL OF CHINA AND AFRICA FOR EQUITABLE PROGRESS
- MYANMAR: SECRETARY-GENERAL, U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF URGE RELEASE OF REUTERS JOURNALISTS
- MICHELLE BACHELET TAKES OVER AS TOP U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL
- U.N. VOICES DEEP CONCERN FOR SAFETY OF CIVILIANS STEPPED UP MILITARY CLASHES LOOM IN SYRIA’S IDLEB
- U.N. MISSION RELOCATES 3,500 UPROOTED PEOPLE IN SOUTH SUDAN
- SOUTH SUDAN: U.N. BRINGS TOGETHER REFUGEES, PARTIES FOR PEACE TALKS
- U.N. ENVOY MAKES FIRST-EVER VISIT TO SOUTH SUDAN
- U.N.-BACKED MEETING RAISES $2.17 BILLION FOR LAKE CHAD BASIN
- SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS FOR HALT TO VIOLENCE IN LIBYA’S TRIPOLI
- SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES PROGRESS ON ENSURING HUMAN CONTROL OVER USE OF FORCE
- FORMER DUTCH DEFENCE MINISTER NAMED AS NEW HEAD OF U.N. MISSION IN IRAQ
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