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COMMITTEE: International Telecommunication Union 2
ISSUE: Reducing and managing e-waste in the context of sustainable development
MAIN SUBMITTER: Turkey
CO-SUBMITTERS: Apple, Argentina, Brazil, China, Egypt, Greenpeace, Huawei, India, Iran, The
Netherlands, Nigeria, Senegal, Singapore, Republic of Korea, Spain

The International Telecommunication Union committee 2,

Alarmed by the increasing importance of e-waste, which reached 44.7 millions metric

tons in 2016, and the human and environmental consequences which follow,

Recalling that only 20% of WEEE is recycled, according to a report issued by the ITU,

Emphasizing that the average lifespan of an EEE is between 16 months and 21 months
due to planned obsolescence,

Recalling that e-waste contain dangerous chemicals that harm local people and the
environment,

Recalling that, in developing countries, 69% of waste is dumped in the open and often
burnt,

Alarmed by the fact that developing countries do not have the space, nor the
resources necessary to contain or recycle e-waste which is being sent to them in large
quantities by developed countries,

1. Affirms the creation of a sub-commission of experts within ITU to draft a proposal for a
Treaty for International Management of E-waste (TIME) in the context of the Sustainable

Development Goals (SDGs), that shall include:
a. A global definition of e-waste and its categories,
b. International standards for the management of e-waste, to enable the

collection of data worldwide,
c. The establishment of an international transboundary regulation,
d. A committee of ITU experts to collect data and issue annual progress reports on

treaty implementation;

2. Proposes to set a goal for e-waste treatment with appropriate means at 80%, and in

order to achieve that, proposes:

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