Delegates finalized a first round of deliberations at the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-1) to develop an international legally binding instrument (ILBI) on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment.
In the morning, they shared their perspectives on how best to sequence the rest of the Committee’s work. Underlining the need for INC-2 to go “into negotiating mode,” many called for two work streams to be created: one on substantive issues and the other on means of implementation and institutional arrangements. Others emphasized the need for the INC to consider means of implementation alongside substantive issues. There were different views on how best to address these work streams, with a number of developing countries cautioning against setting up too many groups negotiating different aspects of the ILBI in parallel, noting that this would constrain the effective participation of small delegations.
The INC then considered pending agenda items. Delegates agreed to postpone the consideration of draft rule 37 of the rules of procedure, addressing voting rights, to INC-2.
On the election of Vice-Chairs to the INC bureau, INC Chair Meza-Cuadra informed delegates that no consensus had been reached. He proposed, and delegates agreed, to postpone the election of the bureau to INC-2, including the appointment of the rapporteur. He noted that he would continue to work with those members whose nominations had been confirmed by their regional groups. These include Antigua and Barbuda (for small island developing states); Rwanda and Senegal (for Africa); Japan and Jordan (for Asia-Pacific); Peru and Ecuador (for Latin America and the Caribbean); and Sweden and the US (for the Western European and Others Group).
Delegates then welcomed the offer by the Government of France to host INC-2, and noted the offers from Kenya, Canada, and the Republic of Korea to host subsequent meetings of the Committee. During the closing, several delegations lauded the government of Uruguay for hosting INC-1.
Commending delegates for their work during this first session of the Committee, INC Chair Meza-Cuadra gaveled the meeting to a close at 7:52 pm.
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Plenary
Zaigham Abbas, Pakistan
Albert Magalang, the Philippines
Cameron Hutchison, Australia
Barbra Weber, GroundScore Association, a Peer-lead initiative of Trash for Peace
Teeraporn Wiriwutikorn, Thailand
Isabel Sanha, Guinea-Bissau
Felipe Gómez Gallo, Red Paz de Integración y Desarrollo
Mariamalia Jiménez, Costa Rica
Osama Ebeid, Egypt
Mohammed Khashashneh, Jordan
Russian delegation
Huddles during the informal consultations
Halatoa Fua, Cook Islands
Delegates from Malaysia and Egypt
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Jorge Alvarez, Cuba
Sadiye Bilgic Karabulut, Türkiye
Sadeq Rahma, Bahrain
Sameera Aldosari, Qatar
Khadidiatou Drame, and Sylla Ndiaye Cheikh, Senegal
Rodolfo Beltran, Amigos De Los Andenes Del Perú
Maria del Socorro Manguiat, UNEP; Mathilde Courroye, UNEP; Benjamin Ojoleck, UNEP; and Anjana Varma, UNEP
Delegates from Malaysia
Hosna Khalvandi, Iran, and Meri Harutyunyan, Armenia
Karla Censi, and Jôao Vicente, Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and their Disposal
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Roger Baro, Burkina Faso, and Wondwossen Wondemagegnehu, Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
Dyakanal Sophal and Sith Roath, Cambodia
Khadidiatou Drame, Senegal; Sylla Ndiaye Cheikh, Senegal; and Yagana Boukar Koura, Niger
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The Earth Negotiations Bulletin team at INC-1: Katarina Hovden, Norway; Jose Pinto-Bazurco, Peru; Tallash Kantai, Kenya; Annelies van Gaalen, South Africa; Angeles Estrada Vigil, Argentina
Around the Venue
