The situation in Libya & other topics - Daily Briefing (21 March 2018)

Daily Press Briefing: Afghanistan, Sahel, Liberia, Syria, Libya, Somalia, Bangladesh, Development, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, International Days, Haiti, Press Events
Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- U.N. CHIEF CONDEMNS ATTACK IN AFGHAN CAPITAL DURING NOWRUZ CELEBRATIONS
- IBRAHIM THIAW OF MAURITANIA APPOINTED AS SPECIAL ADVISER FOR THE SAHEL
- IN LIBERIA, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL WILL MARK COMPLETION OF U.N. MISSION IN THE COUNTRY
- SYRIA: U.N. REMAINS DEEPLY CONCERNED FOR CIVILIANS IN EASTERN GHOUTA
- LIBYANS MUST COME TOGETHER TO MAKE PROGRESS IN POLITICAL PROCESS – U.N. OFFICIAL
- DROUGHT HAS CAUSED MASSIVE LIVESTOCK DEATHS IN SOMALIA – U.N. FOOD AGENCY
- U.N. GOODWILL AMBASSADOR CATE BLANCHETT WARNS OF ‘RACE AGAINST TIME’ TO PROTECT ROHINGYA REFUGEES
- IN BONN, GLOBAL FESTIVAL AIMS TO ACCELERATE ACTION ON THE U.N. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
- U.N. CHIEF ENCOURAGED BY RECENT DIPLOMATIC ADVANCES ON THE SITUATION IN THE KOREAN PENINSULA
- FORESTS, POETRY, DOWN SYNDROME, NOWRUZ AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AMONG U.N. INTERNATIONAL DAYS OBSERVED TODAY
- U.N. CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY TO HOLD HAITI BENEFIT CONCERT
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