WGA/3/7
Sponsored by Evan Ingmire, Thomas Jordan, Aarnav Varanasi of Page High School
The delegates above represented the Delegation of Azerbaijan.
This legislation was filed in the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural category
Presented as part of the MUN B 2023 conference
| 1 | Noting with extreme concern the fact that water polluted with the pesticides DDT and DDE has |
| 2 | long been shown to have detrimental health effects, including cancer, in humans and marine |
| 3 | wildlife, |
| 4 | |
| 5 | Noting further that DDT, which can break down to become DDE, was banned on May 22, 2001 |
| 6 | through the United Nations’ Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, in all cases |
| 7 | other than for the use of fighting disease and for creating other, safer pesticides, |
| 8 | |
| 9 | Alarmed by the continued concentration of these chemicals in the Caspian Sea, despite the more |
| 10 | than 20 elapsed years since their banning, especially in the southern coastal regions of the sea, |
| 11 | |
| 12 | Observing that methods for DDT or DDE remediation on the scale of the Caspian Sea would |
| 13 | require the coordination of numerous entities due to the large area to cover, |
| 14 | |
| 15 | Reminding that access to clean water and sanitation is recognized to be a human right by the |
| 16 | United Nations General Assembly, |
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| 18 | Taking into consideration the approximately 10 million people from the five UN member nations of |
| 19 | Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan who live around the Caspian Sea and |
| 20 | depend on it for their livelihood, |
| 21 | |
| 22 | Cognizant of the 115 species of fish in the Caspian Sea, many of which are unique to this body of |
| 23 | water, critically endangered, or integral to the economies of the surrounding states, |
| 24 | We, the delegation of the Republic of Azerbaijan, do hereby, |
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| 26 | Encourages the nations surrounding the Caspian Sea to more strictly enforce the Stockholm |
| 27 | Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, specifically as it pertains to the banning of DDT; |
| 28 | Calls for a sum of $1,500,000 to be designated to the United Nations Environment Programme |
| 29 | (UNEP) for the development and implementation of methods by which DDT and DDE pollution may |
| 30 | be removed from the Caspian Sea,; |
| 31 | |
| 32 | Proposes the employment of the Early Warning and Assessment Division of UNEP to provide |
| 33 | concrete targets and guidelines for nations surrounding the Caspian Sea to promote clean |
| 34 | practices; |
| 35 | Recommends continued action and funding from the United Nations in regards to DDT and DDE |
| 36 | pollution in the Caspian Sea until concentration levels are found to be safe in all sections of the |
| 37 | body of water. |
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