UNICEF Urges G7 to Keep Refugee Children Safe & other topics (Daily Briefing 25 May 2017)

Daily Press Briefing: Security Council, UNICEF, Yemen, CAR, Disaster Risk, DRC, Health
Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
HIGHLIGHTS:
-SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR BETTER PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN CONFLICT
-UNICEF URGES WORLD LEADERS TO ADOPT PLAN TO KEEP REFUGEE AND MIGRANT CHILDREN SAFE
-AS CHOLERA SPREADS ACROSS YEMEN, U.N. THANKS DONORS WHO PAID PLEDGES FOR HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
-WRAPPING UP VISIT TO SANA’A, U.N. YEMEN ENVOY REITERATES DETERMINATION TO FIND NEGOTIATED SOLUTION TO CONFLICT
-CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: U.N. PEACEKEEPERS CONFRONT MEMBERS OF ARMED GROUPS IN BANGASSOU
-NATURAL DISASTERS THREATEN PROGRESS ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL
-400,000 CHILDREN AT RISK OF MALNUTRITION IN D.R. CONGO’S KASAIS - UNICEF
-WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY APPROVES U.N. AGENCY’S BUDGET
-U.N. MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN RECEIVES PETITION ON GULBUDDIN HEKMATYAR
-HARNESSING INFORMAL TRADE CAN GIVE AFRICA A BOOST – U.N. AGENCY
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