BGA/10/17
Sponsored by Casey Lewis, Hannah Pankey, Christopher Westmoreland of Dyersburg High School
The delegates above represented the Delegation of Thailand.
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, |
| 2 | |
| 3 | Deeply concerned that approximately 43 million people in Thailand annually drink contaminated |
| 4 | water that causes diseases like diarrhea, typhoid, and dysentery, |
| 5 | |
| 6 | Concerned that in 2016, 39 million cubic meters of agricultural wastewater was dumped per day |
| 7 | into various river basins in Thailand, |
| 8 | |
| 9 | Aware that in 2016, 17.8 million cubic meters of industrial wastewater was dumped into the |
| 10 | different river basins in Thailand, |
| 11 | |
| 12 | Conscious that in 2016, residential areas contributed 9.6 million cubic meters of wastewater per |
| 13 | day, |
| 14 | |
| 15 | Deeply conscious that major water quality problems in Thailand's rivers are dissolved oxygen |
| 16 | depletion, fish kills, high ammonia nitrogen, high coliform bacteria, and eutrophication |
| 17 | phenomena, |
| 18 | |
| 19 | Recalling that in 2021 44% of surface water sources in Thailand had fair water quality, while only |
| 20 | 2% were in very good condition, |
| 21 | |
| 22 | Bearing in mind that there are 25 river basins in Thailand and the country annually has 1700 |
| 23 | Millimeters of rainfall, |
| 24 | |
| 25 | Acknowledging that bacteria and chemicals such as cadmium, iron, lead, and manganese have |
| 26 | lowered the quality of tap water and rainwater, |
| 27 | |
| 28 | Observing the sustainable development goal from the United Nations 6.3 by 2030, improve water |
| 29 | quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing the release of hazardous |
| 30 | chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially |
| 31 | increasing recycling and safe reuse globally. |
| 32 | |
| 33 | The delegation of the Kingdom of Thailand hereby requests, |
| 34 | |
| 35 | Encourage the UN environmental program to build more wastewater treatment plants in Thailand’s |
| 36 | |
| 37 | Suggests providing UN associated volunteers to Thailand to assist with the packaging of the clean |
| 38 | water; |
| 39 | |
| 40 | Declares sufficient regulation of clean water use and the monitoring of the wastewater treatment |
| 41 | plants crucial; |
| 42 | |
| 43 | Allocates 1,763,088,000.00 Bahts (48,198,136.11 USD) to build two wastewater treatment plants |
| 44 | in the industrial sector of Thailand and two wastewater treatment plants in the residential sector of |
| 45 | Thailand; |
| 46 | |
| 47 | Recognizes that these wastewater treatment plants will significantly increase the chances of goal |
| 48 | 6.3 being met |
| 49 | |
| 50 | Ensures that goal 6.3 from the sustainable development goals can be achieved and can be felt by |
| 51 | 2030; |
| 52 | |
| 53 | We, the delegation of the Kingdom of Thailand, encourage this plan to be implemented by January |
| 54 | 1st, 2024. |
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| 56 |