UN Chief to travel to Washington D.C. next week & other topics - Press Briefing (23 June 2017)

Daily Press Briefing: Uganda, USA, Sahel, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Famine, Lake Chad, Central African Republic, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Widows, Public Service, AMISOM, Displacement
Noon briefing by Eri Kaneko, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
Highlights
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- IN KAMPALA, SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES UGANDA FOR OPENING BORDERS AND HOMES TO REFUGEES
- SECRETARY-GENERAL TO TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON, D.C, NEXT WEEK
- SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RESOLUTION ON FORCE TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND ORGANIZED CRIME IN SAHEL
- D.R. CONGO: U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF WELCOMES CREATION OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATION INTO KASAIS
- UNICEF WARNS FOOD CRISIS ‘FAR FROM OVER’ IN SOUTH SUDAN, NIGERIA, SOMALIA AND YEMEN
- 5.6 MILLION CHILDREN AT RISK OF WATERBORNE DISEASES IN LAKE CHAD REGION AS RAINY SEASON BEGINS - UNICEF
- U.N. MISSION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC STRENGTHENS PRESENCE IN BRIA
- YEMEN CONFLICT: U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS WING DOCUMENTS 49 CIVILIAN DEATHS IN PAST MONTH
- IRAQ: 880,000 PEOPLE DISPLACED SINCE BEGINNING OF MOSUL OPERATION – U.N. RELIEF WING
- U.N., PARTNERS DELIVER AID FOR 110,000 PEOPLE IN SYRIA’S HOMS
- WIDOWS’ DAY SHEDS LIGHT ON WOMEN’S STRUGGLE TO ENSURE RIGHTS ARE RESPECTED AFTER LOSS OF HUSBAND
- PUBLIC SERVICE DAY ENCOURAGES YOUNG PEOPLE TO CHOOSE CAREER IN PUBLIC SECTOR
- U.N. AND UGANDA SIGN AGREEMENT TO STRENGTHEN SUPPORT TO AFRICAN UNION MISSION IN SOMALIA
- U.N. STUDY SAYS DISPLACED PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WAIT TO START REBUILDING THEIR LIVES
- MYANMAR ARMED GROUP RELEASES 67 CHILDREN FROM ITS RANK – U.N.
- MYANMAR ARMED GROUP RELEASES 67 CHILDREN FROM ITS RANK – U.N.
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