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<p>The UK is proud to have supported the proposal by Rwanda and Peru that led to the
ambitious resolution on ending plastic pollution agreed at the 5th session of the
United Nations Environment Assembly in March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>A series of Intergovernmental
Negotiating Committee (INC) meetings is now underway to negotiate the content of the
treaty, with good progress being made. The second of five planned INC meetings will
take place 29 May – 2 June in Paris, with the aim of concluding negotiations by the
end of 2024. Whilst the timeline to agree this global Treaty is short, this reflects
the urgency needed to tackle plastic pollution, alongside the strong global political
will for an agreement.</p><p> </p><p>The UK supports a combination of international
obligations and national measures across the whole plastic lifecycle to ensure that
the Treaty can adequately address the transboundary nature of plastic pollution. As
one of the founding members of the high ambition coalition of countries calling for
an end to plastic pollution by 2040, the UK will do all we can to press for the agreement
of a high ambition Treaty by the end of 2024.</p>
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