Tuesday 10/June/2025 – 10:09 AM
Dr. Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment, participated in the consultative ministerial meeting on the plastic pollution treaty with the participation of the countries of Germany, Norway, Mexico, Rwanda, France, Gambia, Chile, Japan, Sweden and the United Kingdom, as a new step to mobilize the visions and needs of countries before going into the fifth negotiating round in Geneva to reach a binding global agreement, where the meeting was held within the activities of the third United Nations conference for the oceans, which is organized by The government of France and Costa Rica, and coincides with the celebration of the International Ocean Day on June 8 of each year.
The consultative ministerial meeting on the plastic pollution treaty
Dr. Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment, valued several consultative meetings on the treaty, which is a great supporter of the negotiating process and the usual measures to reach a binding global agreement, and helps to advance negotiations forward, bringing visions and views between countries, especially with agreement to take into account the difference between the national conditions of each country and the strategies and measures taken in it, and its impact on the multi -party process, which will be given, which will be given Countries are freedom to implement procedures according to their national circumstances in a way that leads to reach the goal properly.
And Dr. Yasmine Fouad, Egypt’s vision in a number of subjects in discussion, including Article 3 of the Convention, stressing not to rely on developing global procedures without providing technical capabilities that help the effectiveness of the process of reducing plastic pollution, and in Article 6 related to reducing plastic production, indicated that it is necessary to provide a greater clarification about the mechanism of its implementation in a way that achieves a balance with the social and economic incision related to the production of plastic.
The Minister of Environment with regard to the hardship of financing, that to reach an ambitious agreement that helps to move forward, requires a financing mechanism capable of achieving its goals, not only to provide funding available from public financing, international resources and the private sector, but it means providing financing for technology and finding appropriate plastic alternatives, with the fulfillment of developed countries by their obligations in public financing so that they do not put a new burden on developing countries in financing facing confronting environmental challenges Various as climate and biological diversity in light of the increased severity of these challenges.
Dr. Yasmine Fouad confirmed that the meeting discusses negotiating efforts from countries; To create a global treaty for plastic pollution (INC); And work to unify global efforts to confront this salt challenge to preserve health and the environment, as the conference is an important station that aims to mobilize the visions and needs of countries in preparation for the Fifth negotiating round in Inc5 to be held in Geneva in August 2025, especially in light of the negotiation process to develop a global treaty for plastic pollution (INC) at the meeting of the United Nations Environment Association in March 2022 and not to reach An agreement, as planned, in the fifth negotiation session in December 2024.
Dr. Yasmine Fouad explained that the agreement to develop a global treaty for plastic pollution will show the effectiveness of the multilateral system and the ability of the United Nations to develop an international instrument to address a global environmental problem, pointing out that in order to complete the drafting of the treaty, a common ground must be found on the basic elements of the three most controversial materials, which are chemical products and materials, consumption and sustainable production, financing, and that Before the negotiating session in a sufficient time, in light of the approaching date of the fifty -second session of the Joint International Committee.
It is worth noting that the United Nations Oceanic Conference aims to accelerate work in order to preserve the oceans and seas, and enhance their use in a sustainable way, in a way that contributes to achieving the sustainable development goals, as it seeks to develop ocean sciences and knowledge related to the oceans at the heart of global work.
