The Humanitarian Situation in Syria & other topics - Daily Briefing (11 January 2018)

Daily Press Briefing: Migration, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Middle East, West Africa and Sahel, Sudan, Rwanda, Food Prices, Honour Roll
Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Highlights:
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- MIGRATION SHOULD BE AN ACT OF HOPE, NOT DESPAIR – U.N. CHIEF
- DURING SYRIA VISIT, U.N. OFFICIAL STRESSES NEED FOR IMPROVING HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS TO HELP CIVILIANS
- IN LIBYA, U.N. OFFICIAL HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO CREATE NECESSARY CONDITIONS TO HOLD ELECTIONS, COMPLETE POLITICAL TRANSITION
- U.N. URGES ALL PARTIES IN YEMEN TO ENGAGE WITH WORLD BODY TO END CONFLICT
- U.N. OFFICIAL URGES ISRAEL TO STOP CONSTRUCTION OF ILLEGAL SETTLEMENTS
- SECURITY SITUATION IN WEST AFRICA AND SAHEL REMAINS MATTER OF GRAVE CONCERN – U.N. OFFICIAL
- DARFUR: DISPLACEMENT SLOW BUT RETURNS REMAIN DIFFICULT, WANRS UN PEACEKEEPING CHIEF
- U.N. AGENCIES APPEAL FOR FUNDS AFTER BEING FORCED TO REDUCE FOOD RATIONS FOR REFUGEES IN RWANDA
- GLOBAL FOOD PRICES DECLINED IN DECEMBER – U.N. AGENCY
- SEVEN MEMBER STATES PAY THEIR DUES IN FULL
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