Universal Health Care forum in Tokyo & other topics - Daily Briefing (13 December 2017)

Daily Press Briefing: Japan, Health, Central Africa, Myanmar, South Sudan, Syria, Iraq, Honduras, Caribbean, E-waste, Vaccination, Press Events
Daily Press Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- SECRETARY-GENERAL ARRIVES IN JAPAN FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE FORUM
- AT LEAST HALF OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION CANNOT OBTAIN ESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES – U.N.
- TENSIONS REMAIN IN CENTRAL AFRICA, U.N. OFFICIAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL
- MYANMAR: U.N. OFFICIAL SAYS RETURN OF ROHINGYAS MUST BE SUPPORTED BY RECONCILIATION EFFORTS
- U.N. LAUNCHES $1.72 BILLION APPEAL FOR SOUTH SUDAN
- SYRIA: U.N. REITERATES CALL FOR EVACUATION OF 500 PEOPLE IN EASTERN GHOUTA
- NINETY PER CENT OF DISPLACED IRAQIS DETERMINED TO RETURN HOME – U.N. MIGRATION AGENCY
- U.N. CHIEF CONCERNED ABOUT VIOLENCE IN HONDURAS FOLLOWING ELECTION
- 350,000 CHILDREN STILL NEED SUPPORT IN THE CARIBBEAN AFTER HURRICANES IN THE REGION – U.N.I.C.E.F.
- ELECTRONIC WASTE GREW BY EIGHT PERCENT IN JUST TWO YEARS BUT RECYCLING LAGS BEHIND – U.N. REPORT
- FUNDS FOR VACCINATION INITIATIVE HAVE DOUBLED IN THE PAST YEAR, U.N.I.C.E.F. REPORTS
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