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STORY: UNEP / CLOSING OF INC-5 IN BUSAN KOREA
TRT: 02:00
SOURCE: UNEP/ INC
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
DATELINE: 01 DECEMBER 2024, BUSAN, KOREA
1. Wide shot, exterior, Busan Exhibition and Convention Centre
2. Various shots, INC-5 closing plenary
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme, (UNEP):
“We may close this session today, but the world will still be watching tomorrow, and the plastic pollution will still be arriving on our shores, and so our work will continue. I assure you that we, from UNEP, will do everything that we can, because our world will also not stop. Because, together, we can, and we will beat plastic pollution.”
4. Various shots, INC-5 closing plenary
5. SOUNDBITE (English) - Luis Vayas Valdivieso, Chair, Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5):
“I call on all delegations to continue making paths, building bridges, and engaging in dialogue. Let us always remember that our purpose is noble and urgent: to reverse and remedy the severe effects of plastic pollution on ecosystems and human health. Let us not lose sight of this goal as we continue walking this path together.”
6. Various shots, INC-5 closing plenary
The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) concluded today (1 Dec), at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Centre in Busan, Republic of Korea. This pivotal meeting aims to finalize an international legally binding instrument addressing plastic pollution, including in the marine environment.
Over 3,300 delegates – including Members representing more than 170 nations and Observers from more than 440 organizations – have been meeting in Busan, Republic of Korea, since 25 November.
Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) led the closing session.
SOUNDBITE (English) Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme, (UNEP):
“We may close this session today, but the world will still be watching tomorrow, and the plastic pollution will still be arriving on our shores, and so our work will continue. I assure you that we, from UNEP, will do everything that we can, because our world will also not stop. Because, together, we can, and we will beat plastic pollution.”
Through the week, Members negotiated two documents by the INC Chair, Ambassador Luis Vayas Valdivieso, before agreeing on the closing day to transmit the Chair’s Text to the resumed session.
SOUNDBITE (English) - Luis Vayas Valdivieso, Chair, Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5):
“I call on all delegations to continue making paths, building bridges, and engaging in dialogue. Let us always remember that our purpose is noble and urgent: to reverse and remedy the severe effects of plastic pollution on ecosystems and human health. Let us not lose sight of this goal as we continue walking this path together.”
Following INC-5, the Committee is expected to request the Executive Director of UNEP to inform delegations of the venue for the resumed fifth session.
