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India seeks 'scope', 'principles' of treaty on plastic phase-out
Hindustan Times
|November 29, 2024
India has called upon UN member states to develop a clear scope and principle for the new legally binding instrument on phasing out plastic pollution, currently being negotiated during the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) in South Korea's Busan.
The Indian delegation said the new instrument must draw the mandate on scope from the resolution adopted by fifth session of United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) in 2022 to address plastic pollution.
"This would allow the new treaty to be effective and workable at the international level," the Indian delegation said at the event, which is being held from November 25 to December 1.
This story is from the November 29, 2024 edition of Hindustan Times.
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