Venezuelan refugees & other topics - Daily Briefing (13 March 2018)

Daily Press Briefing: SG Travels, UNRWA, Gaza, Syria, Senior Personnel Appointment, CSW, Sea, Iraq, Yemen, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Venezuela, Kenya, Press Conference
Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- SECRETARY-GENERAL TO ATTEND CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF U.N. AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN ROME
- U.N. MIDDLE EAST ENVOY SPEAKS OUT AGAINST ATTACK ON CONVOY OF PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER IN GAZA
- TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE REPORTEDLY DISPLACED WITHIN SYRIA’S AFRIN – U.N. RELIEF WING
- SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ELLIOTT HARRIS AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- SECRETARY-GENERAL TO HOLD TOWN HALL MEETING WITH CIVIL SOCIETY ON MARGINS OF U.N. WOMEN’S COMMISSION
- 2017 REPORT ON PROTECTION FROM SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE NOW AVAILABLE
- U.N. IRAQ ENVOY WELCOMES DECISION TO REOPEN KURDISTAN REGION AIRPORTS TO INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS
- NEW SENIOR U.N. AID OFFICIAL TAKES UP DUTIES IN YEMEN
- U.N. RELIEF CHIEF MEETS DISPLACED PEOPLE IN D.R. CONGO’S TANGANYIKA
- ETHIOPIA: 2018 HUMANITARIAN AND DISASTER RESILIENCE PLAN LAUNCHED TODAY
- U.N. ENVOY WARNS GENOCIDE MAY HAVE BEEN COMMITTED IN MYANMAR
- U.N. AGENCY ISSUES GUIDANCE TO ENSURE VENEZUELANS SEEKING ASYLUM HAVE ACCESS TO REFUGEE PROCEDURES
- SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES COMMITMENT OF PRESIDENT KENYATTA, RAILA ODINGA TO STRENGTHEN KENYA’S UNITY
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