US withdrawl from UNESCO & other topics - Daily Briefing (12 October 2017)

Daily Press Briefing: UNESCO, Haiti, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Liberia, DSG Travels, Climate, Health, Press Conference Tomorrow

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

HIGHLIGHTS:
- UNESCO CHIEF VOICES ‘PROFOUND REGRET’ AT U.S. DECISION TO WITHDRAW FROM U.N. BODY
- IN LAST BRIEFING TO SECURITY COUNCIL, U.N. ENVOY HIGHLIGHTS ACHIEVEMENTS IN HAITI BUT SAYS “ONLY INITIAL STEPS”
- U.N. POLITICAL CHIEF TO VISIT MYANMAR
- U.N. TO BUILD 10,000 LATRINES FOR ROHINGYA REFUGEES IN BANGLADESH TO AVOID DISEASE OUTBREAK
- CIVILIAN CASUALTIES REMAIN NEAR RECORD HIGH LEVELS IN AFGHANISTAN – U.N. MISSION
- SYRIA: VIOLENCE IN DEIR EZZOUR DESTROYS U.N.-BACKED VACCINE COLD ROOM – UNICEF
- IRAQ: ONE YEAR AFTER START OF MOSUL MILITARY CAMPAIGN, OVER 670,000 STILL DISPLACED – U.N. RELIEF OFFICIAL
- SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES PEACEFUL HOLDING OF ELECTIONS IN LIBERIA
- DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TO TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON, D.C.
- U.N. ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF CLIMATE SOLUTIONS AWARDS
- HEAD OF WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION APPOINTS NURSE TO SENIOR TEAM

Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/conte....nt/noon-briefing-hig