By Spandan Sapkota and Abhinav Thapaliya for TES News

TES, September 7

The resolution in the UNEP committee on the topic ‘Health complications due to hazardous waste’ passed with 16 votes over its competing resolution which got 7 votes. The UNEP committee has succeeded in solving the problems of hazardous waste.

“Concerned that growth in population is making waste management difficult” the resolution stated its perambulatory clauses,”Fully aware that wastes in landfills are piling rapidly. Realizing that recycling the waste is almost compulsion.”

The resolution was supported by countries such as Colombia, Brazil, South Africa, Philippines, Indonesia, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan, Iraq, North Korea, Russia, Mexico and had Ukraine, China, Niger, Singapore as its sponsors.

“The committee had its bad days, even so the delegates as well as the committee was successful in the end”, said the vice-chair of the committee, Mr Abishkar Aryal expressed with satisfaction, “We the dias panel are extremely proud that the resolution passed with two third majority and believe that we have succeeded as the dias panel”

The resolution appealed to recycle all the recyclable waste as well as condemned the imports of plastic from other countries. In addition, the operative clauses declared that all the countries had been concerned for the matter and confirmed that the methane release from landfill will be used as a source of electricity.

“As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will opportunities,” the chair of the committee, Ms Binisha Neupane expressed with delight ,” MUN is an opportunity that should not be taken lightly and with this event the delegates enhance their knowledge about the world while making themselves more confident speakers.”

The resolution was opposed by the delegates of USA, Canada, India, Japan and more who presented their own resolution containing different ideas regarding the same problem. However, the resolution fell short of passing with just 7 votes whereas the other resolution was passed by the committee with 16 votes in total.

With the passing of this resolution the UNEP committee declared itself victorious in the solving of the issue of hazardous waste which had led to a management crisis.