The United Nations Plastic Treaty Treaty talks again with failure

Despite Friday’s results, the plastic treaty does not seem to have died yet. Almost, all countries have expressed interest in the ongoing negotiations – European Union delegate Jessica Roswal said she would not accept.Dead Treaty– Many used the microphone time during the closing plenary session to remind others of what is at stake.

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Classification: Tuvalu delegate, People Election Latasi, during a general meeting of the Plastic Treaty in Geneva.
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“We cannot ignore the seriousness of the situation,” said negotiator from Madagascar. “Every day, our oceans, environmental systems and societies suffer from the consequences of our inability to take decisive and united measures.” The delegate of Tuwalu, Latassi, said that failure in the enactment of a treaty means that “millions of tons of plastic waste will continue to throw our oceans, which affects our ecological system, food security, livelihoods and culture.”

However, without changing the coordination of negotiations – especially about decision -making – it is unclear whether the additional discussions will be fruitful. The criterion on “consensus -based decisions means that the vote threatening cannot be used to push stubborn countries away from their red lines; unless decisions are made by a majority vote, it is unlikely to change this dynamic.” This meeting has proven that the consensus has died. “

Other non -profit groups coded in many silent protests during the Geneva talks that raises this same point, as reading signs were “consensus that kills ambition.”

“The consensus is worth searching for whether we have pushed forward, and not if the operation stops,” said Senimili Nakora, one of Fiji delegates, during the closing plenary session. “This process needs a deadline,” said negotiator in Switzerland.

Other countries have raised broader concerns about the “operation” through which negotiations continued. The meetings were “non -transparent”, “non -transparent”, and “mysterious”, during the plenary session, they probably reference to the unclear instructions they received from the Secretariat, the bureaucracy body that organizes negotiations.

Ingren Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Program, told reporters on Friday that it was at least useful to hear the two countries in a clearer expression of their red lines. “Everyone must understand that this work will not stop, because plastic pollution will not stop.”

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Classification: Observers sit outside the assembly hall at Palais Des Notations in Geneva, waiting for the early hours of the morning until the plenary session begins.
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The plastic industry, which has opposed control over plastic production and overcomes groups of dangerous chemicals, said it will continue to support the treaty “keeping plastic materials in the economy and outside the environment.” “Although a global agreement is not concluded to end plastic pollution, we will continue to support efforts to reach an agreement working with all countries and can be effectively implemented.”

Environmental groups, scientists and front lines organizations were disappointed to leave Geneva without an ambitious treaty. They said the matter was worse, if the two countries decide to settle The main provisions such as human health And “and”Just the transitionFor those who are likely to be affected by changes in recycling and global waste management policies, including waste affiliated.

Under these circumstances, they applauded the delegates for not agreeing to the final version of the text of the chair. Joe Banner, the founder of the United States -based organization Ajdad projectWhich calls for the health and culture of the slave descendants of blacks in a group of Louisiana set in Tarrabokima.

Shayan Rendon, the chief policy in the Association of Original Countries in the United States, which called for the treaty that includes a specific language in the Association of Original Countries in the United States, which has called for the treaty includes a specific language in the Association of Original Countries in the United States, which has called for the treaty that includes a specific language in the Association of Original Countries in the United States, “our voices have been heard of our voices.” Native people’s rights And the use of the original flag.

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Classification: The demonstrators meet outside the Palais Des Notations in Geneva, during talks on a global plastic treaty.
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Clear name: The invitation groups invite delegates to make decisions by voting, not consensus, in the Plastic Treaty negotiations. Credit

In contrast, the voices of observers literally did not hear during the last moments of the closing plenary session in Geneva. After more than two hours of data from national delegations, Valdivieso delivered the microphone to a procession of young attendees, indigenous peoples, waste forums, and others who were present throughout the week and a half. But only one speaker – from the Youth Plastic Network – was able to provide a statement to the United States and Kuwait asked the chair to cut them and conclude the meeting.

It is now up to the Plastic Treaty Secretariat to set an appointment and time for another round of negotiations, which are unlikely to happen until next year. Meanwhile, all eyes will be at the United Nations Environment Society meeting in December, when Andersen is expected to present a report on the progress of negotiations-or his absence-which can represent an opportunity for similar countries to think to reduce the aspiration of the treaty authorization: the statement that he is trying to achieve. Some environmental groups fear that Iran, Russia and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and others try to change the mandate so that they no longer refer to the “full life cycle” of plastic, but just plastic pollution – about converting the treaty into a waste management agreement instead of dealing with a full set of harm to plastic on health and the environment, including material production.

Banner said she was not defeated. In fact, it is “more passionate than ever” to continue fighting for legally binding restrictions on the amount of plastic that the world makes.

“I plan to survive,” she added, and to do this, “we have to stop the production of plastic.”