WGA/1/13
Sponsored by Daan Kersten, Carter Moore of Franklin High School
The delegates above represented the Delegation of Nepal.
This legislation was filed in the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural category
Presented as part of the MUN B 2023 conference
| 1 | To the General Assembly: |
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| 3 | Noting with concern that in the last 60 years, over 50,000 kilograms of trash and human waste |
| 4 | have found their way onto the mountain and that the mountain's facilities have struggled to cope |
| 5 | with the 35k+ visitors it gets per year. |
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| 7 | Acknowledging that efforts to clean the mountain have been enacted, but are not taking enough |
| 8 | effect, in part because of the lack of workforce with the team that has been tasked with cleaning |
| 9 | the mountain consisting of just 14 people. |
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| 11 | Stressing the significance of the contamination of the water supply of nearby towns and villages |
| 12 | caused by the trash on the mountain. |
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| 14 | Noting that due to the immense amount of climbers the mountain receives, it often leads to |
| 15 | climbers getting stuck in long queues of up to 4 hours long in extreme cases and climbers having |
| 16 | to spend extended periods of time in the mountain's “Death Zone” |
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| 18 | Emphasising the difficulty of cleaning and managing trash and human waste in the harsh climate |
| 19 | and difficult conditions the mountain poses |
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| 21 | Concerned by the negative impacts the trash has already made and will continue to make on the |
| 22 | wildlife population on and around the mountain including Himalayan mountain goats, black bears, |
| 23 | musk deer, wolves, red pandas, wild dogs, and snow leopards, multiple of which are listed as |
| 24 | endangered species. |
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| 26 | Bearing in mind that climate change and global warming will cause ice and snow around the |
| 27 | mountain to melt, exposing even more trash and waste that was previously covered. |
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| 29 | The Delegation of Nepal does hereby: |
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| 31 | Request that the United Nations Provide 50 Million USD to be put towards funding new and |
| 32 | improved efforts to clean the mountain, new facilities to accommodate more climbers, and build |
| 33 | new facilities to make the removal and cleanup of new waste produced by climbers easier. |
| 34 | |
| 35 | Emphasise that the effect these changes and improvements will have on the mountain will result in |
| 36 | |
| 37 | supply, less harm to the species that roam the mountain and live around it, Improve safety for |
| 38 | climbers and reduce the mountains contributions towards climate change. |
| 39 | |
| 40 | Affirm that any funds left over after these measures are in place will be returned to the United |
| 41 | Nations. |
| 42 | |
| 43 | Proclaim that this plan shall take effect in January of 2024. |
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