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Countries or organizations involved in the debate:

Apple, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Egypt, France, Germany, GreenPeace, India, Iran,
Israël, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Nigeria, North Korea, Norway, Russia, Senegal, Singapore,
South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, USA, WWF,

Google, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Colombia, Mexico, Huawei

Countries of origin of the students:

Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Denmark, France, Greece, Kuwait, Monaco, Morocco, New

Zealand, Senegal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, UAE, United Kingdom, USA

OUTCOME

“Reinforce laws - Transition to sustainable circular economy”

The trilingual ITU 2 committee’s first issue was directly at the intersection of technological
progress and sustainable development. Tackling this issue required sometimes difficult
negotiations and compromises, especially to reconcile public and private interests. Delegates
took into account the varying policies of the different States represented in the committee,

while also looking at Apple, Google and Huawei’s viewpoints on the issue, even though they
sometimes came into conflict with the positions of certain State delegations. After the writing
and debating of three very different resolutions, the committee came to a consensus on one

of these. Through this resolution, the delegations present committed to reinforcing existing laws,
introducing new ones, raising awareness about the issue as well as on possible sanctions for
lawbreakers, and making sure online privacy was well monitored in all countries.

In finding solutions to the second issue, delegates needed a broad perspective on the cradle-
to-grave impact of electronics on the environment. Aggravating factors, such as programmed
obsolescence, needed to be discussed, and sparked active debates. Although at one point

an opposition started to form between the so-called “emitters” of e-waste and the “receivers”
of it, the delegates were nonetheless able to pass two innovative resolutions not only focusing
on new systems to manage this waste, but also encouraging cooperation between “emitting”
and “receiving” States so that, together, all countries could transition to a more sustainable

circular economy.

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