BGA/11/18
Sponsored by Alaina Dalton, Emily Register, Nathalia Martinez Sabino of Cookeville High School
The delegates above represented the Delegation of Israel.
This legislation was filed in the Special Political and Decolonization category
Presented as part of the MUN B 2023 conference
| 1 | To the General Assembly: |
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| 3 | Alarmed by the ongoing dangers of industrial oil within the environment, resulting in harmful risks |
| 4 | for the public and wildlife in the Israeli region, |
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| 6 | Inspired by the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) on 02 March 2022 the 07 resolution |
| 7 | Animal Welfare - Environment - Sustainable Development Nexus acknowledges the decline in |
| 8 | biodiversity as well as the increase of pollution in environments among the nations around the |
| 9 | world, |
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| 11 | Recognizing the actions taken by the United Nations Environmental Programme to reduce chemical |
| 12 | pollution in resolution UNEP/E.A 5/Res. 8, by establishing a panel to analyze environmental issues, |
| 13 | propose solutions, and raise awareness, |
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| 15 | Recalling the establishment of the Abatement of Nuisances Law by the United States of America, |
| 16 | the State of Israel established National Ambient Air Quality Standards and the Clean Air Law to |
| 17 | reduce pollution and health risks, |
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| 19 | Declaring that air pollution is a universal crisis that damages the environment and endangers the |
| 20 | population, the United Nations Secretary-General, AntOnio Guterres urged unity within the United |
| 21 | Nations to reduce pollution, |
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| 23 | The State of Israel does hereby: |
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| 25 | 1. Call upon the United Nations and the United Nations Environmental Programme to establish |
| 26 | procedures and guidelines to reduce and further prevent air pollution, particularly in industrial and |
| 27 | seaboard regions: |
| 28 | a. Limiting new industrial plants near water, |
| 29 | b. Limiting the amount of fuel in a transfer tank when transporting by water to 90%, |
| 30 | c. Establishing routine cleaning procedures after an oil spill, |
| 31 | d. Limiting the formation of new industrial plants in prominent areas with already established |
| 32 | manufacturing plants; |
| 33 | |
| 34 | 2. Endorses the United Nations Environmental Programme and allies action to reduce pollution, the |
| 35 | State of Israel calls upon similar organizations for support; |
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| 37 | 3. Recommends the United Nations to establish necessary financial support funded by |
| 38 | governments to eliminate air pollution of oil, through the the increase of oil removal in and around |
| 39 | Israel through dispersions and vacuums; |
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| 41 | 4. Requests the support of the United Nations to establish routine dispersions and vacuums of oil, |
| 42 | to further reduce the risks associated with air pollution and to protect all species: |
| 43 | a. Removing oil from seaboard regions through the use of chemical dispersions by the |
| 44 | breakdown of oil in water, |
| 45 | b. Eliminating remaining oil in industrial regions through oil vacuums, as well as the removal of |
| 46 | additional environmental contaminants, |
| 47 | c. Establishing routine procedures after each oil spill based on geography and semiannual or |
| 48 | annual removals based on the number of oil spills per region and gallon, |
| 49 | d. Re-usual of recovered oil in plants to reduce the amount of oil used; |
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| 51 | 5. Expresses the State of Israel’s hope to reduce air pollution through the multilateral aid and |
| 52 | financial support of the United Nations and the United Nations Environmental Programme. |
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