DPR Korea and Human Rights & other topics – Daily Briefing (11 December 2017)

Daily Press Briefing: Security Council, DPRK, DPKO, Syria, Algeria, Libya, South Sudan, Somalia, Bangladesh, UNICEF, WESP, Mountains

Daily Press Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

Highlights
– D.P.R. KOREA’S MILITARY, HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS INSEPARABLE, SENIOR U.N. OFFICIAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL
– DURING D.P.R. KOREA VISIT, U.N. POLITICAL CHIEF SPOTLIGHTS NEED FOR DIPLOMACY, DIALOGUE
– TOP U.N. PEACEKEEPING TO VISIT RUSSIA, D.R. CONGO AND TANZANIA
– U.N.-BACKED TALKS ON SYRIA CONTINUE IN GENEVA
– U.N. HUMANITARIAN OFFICIAL URGES UNIMPEDED AID ACCESS FOR TO HELP SUFFERING YEMENIS
– ON 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF DEADLY ATTACK ON U.N. IN ALGERIA, SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO VICTIMS, SURVIVORS
– LIBYA: U.N. AGENCY URGENTLY APPEALS FOR 1,300 STRANDED REFUGEES TO BE RESETTLED
– SOUTH SUDAN: U.N. MISSION PATROLS SITE OF DEADLY ATTACK BY YOUTH
– NEW U.N. REPORT WARNS OF HEAVY TOLL OF CLASHES ON CIVILIANS IN SOMALIA
– U.N. RELIEF WING WARNS OF RAPID SPREAD OF DIPTHERIA IN ROHINGYA REFUGEE CAMPS IN BANGLADESH
– GROWTH OF GLOBAL ECONOMY PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOMENT, NEW U.N. FINDS
– INTERNATIONAL DAY SPOTLIGHTS CHALLENGES POSED TO MOUNTAINS BY CLIMATE CHANGE, LAND DEGREDATION