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Ambassador Kim Song of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) said the United States “has committed unlawful and outrageous acts” by seizing a North Korean flagged cargo ship. UNIFEED

Speaking at a special meeting on Africa, UN chief António Guterres said, “the best way to protect refugees and displaced people is to prevent them from having to leave their homes. That means tackling root causes: poverty, conflict, discrimination and exclusion of all kinds.” UNIFEED

Marking World Bee Day at UN Headquarters in New York, Deputy Secretary-General, Amina J. Mohammed, warned that “the decline and disappearance of bees and wild insects would have drastic consequences for global ecosystems and human well-being.” UNIFEED

Speaking at the launch of the UN Countering Terrorism Travel Programme, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, “detecting and disrupting these terrorists and other high-risk criminals prior to them carrying out an attack is a high priority for the international community,” noting that the recent despicable attacks in Kenya, New Zealand and Sri Lanka, among others, are tragic reminders of the global reach of the scourge of terrorism. UNIFEED

Marking World Press Freedom Day, the President of the General Assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa, said, “at a time when nationalism, populism, and extremism are on the rise, when hate speech, rumors, and lies can spread like wildfire, we need journalism, high quality journalism, independent and diverse media, more than ever.” UNIFEED

At a commemorative event for the victims of the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka, President of the UN General Assembly Maria Espinosa said, “the international community stands together in the fight against extremism and violence in all its forms,” and reaffirmed her commitment to the rule of law, to multilateralism, and to the value of peace, development and human rights for all.” UNIFEED

“Plastic pollution has very quickly and very urgently become one of the defining issues of our times,” said the GA President Maria Espinosa, announcing a musical festival starring Grammy Winner Ashanti. The festival will also see musicians and artists from around the world come together with policy leaders, innovators, and celebrity guests, to help ‘ring the closing bell’ on plastic use. UNIFEED

Addressing the Security Council, Russian Ambassador Vasily Alekseevich Nebenzya said, “Russia is not imposing citizenship upon people in Donbas, but providing an opportunity to freely and on their own, in an orderly fashion, to apply for that in the relevant authorities in the territory.” UNIFEED

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, Jorge Arreaza, said the United Nations should not be used “as a tool to intervene in the internal affairs of another state and thus seek to designate, in an illegal manner, its national authorities and diplomatic representatives.” UNIFEED

Marking the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace, a senior UN official said, “we must show that multilateralism can respond to global anxieties and deliver a fair globalization that lifts all.” UNIFEED