Vietnam ready to join negotiations on draft Peru/ Rwanda resolution on plastic waste
Vietnam is ready to join negotiations on a draft resolution which aims to pave the way for an international legally binding agreement on marine litter and plastics to be presented by Peru and Rwanda at the second segment of the 5th UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) in late February.
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam is ready to join negotiations on a draft resolutionwhich aims to pave the way for an international legally binding agreement onmarine litter and plastics to be presented by Peru and Rwanda at the secondsegment of the 5th UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) in late February.
This is part of the tasks set out in the Prime Minister’s decisionon approving a project named “Vietnam actively prepares and participates inbuilding a global agreement on ocean pollution”.
As an international partner supporting Vietnam in developingcontents for negotiations, the World Wide Fund for Nature in Vietnam (WWF Vietnam) recently carried out many specific activities. Pham Manh Hoai, WWF Vietnam’sPlastic Policy and Partnership Programme Manager, said WWF is supporting theMinistry of Natural Resources and Environment in conducting research to reviewdomestic policies on the management and reduction of plastic pollution, and assessthe integration of existing national policies with potential regulations to bebuilt into the global agreement.
According to the Vietnam Administration of Seas and Islands underthe Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, in 2021, it took an active partin activities and meetings within the UNEA framework. The agency and itscounterparts from Germany, Ecuador and Ghana coordinated inholding the Ministerial Conference on Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution in September2021 to contribute to building the global agreement.
To date, a project on joining negotiations on the global agreementto be submitted to the Prime Minister has been completed.
Hoai suggested Vietnam soon co-submit the draft UNEA 5.2 Resolution,initiated by Peru, Rwanda and the EU on the establishment of an Inter-governmentalNegotiation Committee, and send official confirmation notices to Peru, Rwandaand the EU to finalise the co-submission./.
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Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) 
