Global Road Safety & other topics - Daily Briefing (12 April 2018)

Daily Press Briefing: Syria, Central African Republic, Road Safety, Appointment, Afghanistan, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Disarmament, United Nations in Vienna, Press Encounters Tomorrow, Honour Roll
Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS OF RISKS OF IMPASSE IN SECURITY COUNCIL ON USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN SYRIA
- IN BANGUI, U.N. PEACEKEEPING CHIEF MEETS RELIGIOUS LEADERS, REITERATES NEED FOR DIALOGUE
- DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SPOTLIGHTS ‘SERIOUS, URGENT GLOBAL CONCERN’ OF ROAD TRAFFIC DEATHS, INJURIES
- SECRETARY-GENERAL NAMES MARTA RUEDAS DEPUTY HEAD OF U.N. IRAQ MISSION
- CIVILIAN CASUALTIES STILL AT HIGH LEVELS IN AFGHANISTAN – U.N. MISSION
- U.N. RELIEF WING SEEKS $111 MILLION TO ASSIST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN D.P.R. KOREA
- MEETING ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN LETHAL AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS TAKING PLACE IN GENEVA
- CHINESE REALITY SHOW SHOT AT U.N. VIENNA HEADQUARTERS TO AIR TOMORROW
- CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, TUNISIA PAY U.N. DUES
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