Middle East Peace Process & other topics - Daily Briefing (8 December 2017)

Daily Press Briefing: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Middle East, Lebanon, CERF, Bangladesh/Myanmar, Rohingya, Somalia, UNICEF, International Days
Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- WORST ATTACK ON U.N. PEACEKEEPERS IN RECENT HISTORY LEAVES 14 ‘BLUE HELMETS’, 5 CONGOLESE SOLDIERS DEAD IN D.R. CONGO
- U.N. MIDDLE EAST ENVOY VOICES CONCERN OVER RISK OF VIOLENT ESCALATION IN WAKE OF U.S. JERUSALEM ANNOUNCEMENT
- DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL IN PARIS FOR MEETING OF LEBANON SUPPORT GROUP
- SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES $100 MILLION ALLOCATION TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND FOR UNDERFUNDED EMERGENCIES
- U.N. HEALTH AGENCY WARNS DIPHTHERIA RAPIDLY SPREADING IN BANGLADESH REFUGEE CAMPS
- U.N. REFUGEE AGENCY READY TO DISCUSS RETURN ARRANGEMENTS FOR ROHINGYA REFUGEES, REITERATES NEED TO BE VOLUNTARY
- U.N. SOMALIA ENVOY WELCOMES POWER-SHARING AGREEMENT BETWEEN GALMUDUG AND AHLU SUNNA WAL JAMA’A
- 95 MILLION BIRTHS NOT REGISTERED IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - UNICEF
- INTERNATIONAL DAY OF COMMEMORATION AND DIGNITY OF VICTIMS OF GENOCIDE AND ANTI-CORRUPTION DAY TO BE OBSERVED TOMORROW
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