Sustainable Development Goals 2017 progress report & other topics - Daily Briefing (17 July 2017)

Daily Briefing: Development, MH17, Iran, Iraq, Peacekeeping, Central African Republic, Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, Vaccination, Press Conference Tomorrow
Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary General.
HIGHLIGHTS
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- GLOBAL PROBLEMS REQUIRE GLOBAL ANSWERS: SECRETARY-GENERAL
- SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON STATES TO COOPERATE IN INVESTIGATION INTO PLANE TRAGEDY
- SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘ENCOURAGED’ BY CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF IRAN AGREEMENT
- IRAQ: AFTER LIBERATION OF MOSUL, U.N. ENVOY WARNS ROAD AHEAD ‘EXTREMELY CHALLENGING’
- HEAD OF U.N. PEACEKEEPING TO VISIT SUDAN, SOUTH SUDAN, ABYEI
- IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, U.N. RELIEF CHIEF CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO REDUCE VIOLENCE
- AFGHANISTAN: EXTREME HARM TO CIVILIANS CONTINUES AS SUICIDE ATTACKS WORSEN – U.N. REPORT
- SYRIA: U.N., PARTNERS BRING AID TO 89,000 PEOPLE IN HARD-TO-REACH AREAS
- U.N., SOMALI GOVERNMENT LAUNCH TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR JUDICIAL OFFICERS
- 1 IN 10 INFANTS DID NOT RECEIVE VACCINATIONS IN 2016 – U.N. AGENCIES
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