Syria & other topics - Daily Briefing (15 March 2018)

Daily Press Briefing: Syria, DSG Travels, Myanmar-Bangladesh, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Pakistan, Yemen, and Brazil
Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON SECURITY COUNCIL TO ACT TO URGENTLY END SYRIAN TRAGEDY
- DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TO TRAVEL TO SWITZERLAND, LIBERIA, NIGERIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, MAURITANIA
- U.N. AGENCIES SEEK $951 MILLION FOR ROHINGYA REFUGEES AND BANGLADESHI HOST COMMUNITIES
- CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: U.N. PEACEKEEPERS ARREST ANTI-BALAKA LEADER
- FUNDING GAP THREATENS CENTRAL AFRICAN REFUGEES IN CHAD - U.N. AGENCY
- U.N. AGENCY, PARTNERS ASSIST GROWING NUMBER OF PEOPLE FLEEING HORRIFIC D.R. CONGO VIOLENCE
- PAKISTAN: SECRETARY-GENERAL SPEAKS OUT AGAINST ATTACK AT POLICE CHECKPOINT NEAR LAHORE
- U.N. AGENCIES CONCLUDE DIPHTERIA VACCINATION CAMPAIGN FOR 2.7 MILLION CHILDREN IN YEMEN
- BRAZIL: U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS WING CONDEMNS MURDER OF RIO DE JANEIRO COUNCILLOR MARIELLE FRANCO