The D.P.R. Korea - U.S. Summit & other topics - Daily Briefing (12 June 2018)

Daily Press Briefing: D.P.R. Korea - U.S. Summit, SG Travels, Rights of People With Disabilities, AIDS Pandemic, Bangladesh Monsoons, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Spain, Ukraine, Child Labour & Humans Right Post
Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
Highlights:
- SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SUMMIT BETWEEN D.P.R. KOREA, UNITED STATES LEADERS
- SECRETARY-GENERAL TO TRAVEL TO FINLAND, NORWAY, RUSSIA
- SUPPORTING RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES NOT ACT OF CHARITY BUT NECESSITY FOR HEALTHY SOCIETIES – SECRETARY-GENERAL
- AIDS PANDEMIC NOT OVER ‘BUT IT CAN BE’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, URGING RENEWED EFFORTS
- U.N. AGENCY STEPS UP EMERGENCY RESPONSE AS FIRST MONSOONS SWEEP BANGLADESH REFUGEE SETTLEMENTS
- U.N. ENVOY CALLS ON IRAQI ELECTORAL BODIES TO INVESTIGATE, ADJUDICATE COMPLAINTS OF FRAUD
- U.N. SYRIA ENVOY HOLDS CONSULTATIONS IN EGYPT
- U.N. REFUGEE AGENCY STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF WORKING WITH LEBANON TO FIND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR SYRIAN REFUGEES
- U.N. MIGRATION AGENCY WELCOMES SPAIN’S OFFER OF SAFE HARBOUR FOR 600 MIGRANTS
- UKRAINE EUROPE’S LARGEST DISPLACEMENT CRISIS SINCE BALKAN WARS – U.N. MIGRATION AGENCY
- AS CONFLICT IN DARFUR CHANGES, U.N.-AFRICAN UNION MISSION MUST CHANGE WITH IT, U.N. PEACEKEEPING CHIEF TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL
- U.N. AGENCY WARNS OF INCREASE IN CHILD LABOUR IN AGRICULTURE
- U.N. SEEKS CANDIDATES FOR TOP HUMAN RIGHTS POSITION
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