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1. ‘Toxic tidal wave’ of plastic pollution putting human rights at risk

   The world must combat the “toxic tidal wave” of plastic pollution that threatens human rights, two UN independent experts said on Thursday.

2. UNAIDS celebrates Pride Month, demands decriminalization worldwide

   As the world comes together to celebrate the beginning of Pride Month on Thursday, the UN agency dedicated to ending the AIDS epidemic, UNAIDS, issued a declaration of solidarity with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) communities around the globe.

3. UN in Bangladesh decries devastating new round of rations cuts for Rohingya refugees

   The UN in Bangladesh on Thursday condemned a second cut in food rations for Rohingya refugees who are sheltering in the country, after a funding shortfall of $56 million compelled the World Food Programme (WFP) to enforce the cuts.

4. Incoming General Assembly President to prioritize ‘Peace, Prosperity, Progress and Sustainability’

   A veteran diplomat from Trinidad and Tobago was appointed President of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly on Thursday. 

5. Ukraine: Over 1,500 children killed or injured, concern rises over forced transfers

   With Ukraine’s Children’s Day celebrations on Thursday marred by the death of a girl alongside other civilians in a Russian missile attack in the capital Kyiv, the UN’s top humanitarian official in the country, Denise Brown, said she was “shocked and saddened” by the incident.