Daily Press Briefing: General Assembly, UN Reform, Development, Climate Change, Hurricane Irma, Myanmar/Bangladesh, Hunger, Syria, Iraq, Middle East, Equator Prize, IAEA, Appointments and Honour Roll mentions.
Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
HIGHLIGHTS
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- AT U.N. REFORM EVENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR ‘NIMBLE AND EFFECTIVE’ ORGANIZATION
- SECRETARY-GENERAL SPOTLIGHTS NEED FOR DEVELOPMENT FINANCING TO REACH THOSE MOST IN NEED
- ON CLIMATE CHANGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES NATIONS TO ‘STAY THE COURSE’
- SECRETARY-GENERAL VOICES SUPPORT FOR MILLIONS AFFECTED BY HURRICANE IRMA
- D.R. CONGO: SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS KILLING OF TANZANIAN BLUE HELMET SERVING WITH U.N. MISSION
- CLASHES PREVENTING U.N. FROM ACCESSING MYANMAR’S RAKHINE STATE, NUMBER OF PEOPLE FLEEING TO BANGLADESH REACHES 415,000
- FUNDING GAP MEANS MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION CHILDREN IN WEST, CENTRAL AFRICA WILL GO TO SCHOOL HUNGRY, U.N. AGENCY WARNS
- U.N. ISSUES URGENT CALL FOR NEARLY $10 MILLION TO TACKLE NIGERIA CHOLERA OUTBREAK
- U.N. RELIEF WING CALLS FOR PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS FROM VIOLENCE IN SYRIA’S EASTERN DEIR EZZOUR
- UNILATERAL MOVE TO HOLD REFERENDUM IRAQ’S KURDISTAN REGION COULD WEAKEN EFFORTS TO DEFEAT DA’ESH, SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS
- U.N. MIDDLE EAST ENVOY WELCOMES HAMAS ANNOUNCEMENT ON DISSOLUTION OF GAZA ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE
- U.N.-BACKED EQUATOR PRIZE RECOGNIZES COMMUNITIES’ EFFORTS TO PROTECT ENVIRONMENT, ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE
- NIGERIAN TEACHER HONOURED WITH U.N. NANSEN REFUGEE AWARD
- GUINEAN NATIONAL APPOINTED TO SENIOR PEACEKEEPING POSITION
- YUKIYA AMANO APPOINTED TO FURTHER FOUR-YEAR TEAM AS HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY
- CÔTE D’IVOIRE, EL SALVADOR BECOME LATEST U.N. MEMBER STATES TO PAY FULL BUDGET DUES
Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
HIGHLIGHTS
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- AT U.N. REFORM EVENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR ‘NIMBLE AND EFFECTIVE’ ORGANIZATION
- SECRETARY-GENERAL SPOTLIGHTS NEED FOR DEVELOPMENT FINANCING TO REACH THOSE MOST IN NEED
- ON CLIMATE CHANGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES NATIONS TO ‘STAY THE COURSE’
- SECRETARY-GENERAL VOICES SUPPORT FOR MILLIONS AFFECTED BY HURRICANE IRMA
- D.R. CONGO: SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS KILLING OF TANZANIAN BLUE HELMET SERVING WITH U.N. MISSION
- CLASHES PREVENTING U.N. FROM ACCESSING MYANMAR’S RAKHINE STATE, NUMBER OF PEOPLE FLEEING TO BANGLADESH REACHES 415,000
- FUNDING GAP MEANS MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION CHILDREN IN WEST, CENTRAL AFRICA WILL GO TO SCHOOL HUNGRY, U.N. AGENCY WARNS
- U.N. ISSUES URGENT CALL FOR NEARLY $10 MILLION TO TACKLE NIGERIA CHOLERA OUTBREAK
- U.N. RELIEF WING CALLS FOR PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS FROM VIOLENCE IN SYRIA’S EASTERN DEIR EZZOUR
- UNILATERAL MOVE TO HOLD REFERENDUM IRAQ’S KURDISTAN REGION COULD WEAKEN EFFORTS TO DEFEAT DA’ESH, SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS
- U.N. MIDDLE EAST ENVOY WELCOMES HAMAS ANNOUNCEMENT ON DISSOLUTION OF GAZA ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE
- U.N.-BACKED EQUATOR PRIZE RECOGNIZES COMMUNITIES’ EFFORTS TO PROTECT ENVIRONMENT, ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE
- NIGERIAN TEACHER HONOURED WITH U.N. NANSEN REFUGEE AWARD
- GUINEAN NATIONAL APPOINTED TO SENIOR PEACEKEEPING POSITION
- YUKIYA AMANO APPOINTED TO FURTHER FOUR-YEAR TEAM AS HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY
- CÔTE D’IVOIRE, EL SALVADOR BECOME LATEST U.N. MEMBER STATES TO PAY FULL BUDGET DUES
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