Peacekeeping Day & other topics - Daily Briefing (1 June 2018)

Daily Press Briefing: Peacekeeping, Development System, DSG travels, Palestine, Political Affairs, Libya, Nicaragua, Ukraine, Press Conferences
Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO FALLEN PEACEKEEPERS
- REFORM ‘MOST AMBITIOUS AND COMPREHENSIVE’ TRANSFORMATION OF U.N. DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM IN DECADES – SECRETARY-GENERAL
- DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TO TRAVEL TO ISTANBUL, BRUSSELS, GENEVA
- U.N. OFFICIALS CALL ON ISRAEL TO CEASE PLANS TO DEMOLISH AND TRANSFER KHAN AL AHMAR – ABU AL HELU COMMUNITY
- U.N. POLITICAL CHIEF TO TRAVEL TO ETHIOPIA, SOMALIA, KENYA
- LIBYA: U.N. MISSION CALLS FOR RESTRAINT IN DERNA CONFLICT
- U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE ‘APPALLED’ AT VIOLENCE IN NICARAGUA
- U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE CALLS ON UKRAINE TO PROTECT MINORITY GROUPS
- U.N.-BACKED REPORT CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION AGAINST CHRONIC DISEASES
- HUMANITARIAN COMMITTEE REITERATES ZERO-TOLERANCE FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, ABUSE, HARASSMENT
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