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COMMITTEE: United Nations Environment Program
               ISSUE:  Using  ICTs  to  increase  environmental  awareness  and  responsibility  and  encourage
               sustainable decisions
               MAIN SUBMITTER: Google
                CO-SUBMITTERS: Argentina, Australia, Colombia, Egypt, Spain, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, Indonesia,
               Israel, Kenya, Netherlands, USA, WWF


               Reaffirming  that  universal  access  to  basic  education,  the  transmission  of  information  to
               communities  on  appropriate  agricultural  methods,  waste  management,  natural  resource
               management, coastal protection, water resource management, and fisheries management

               are essential to the reduction of poverty and to the limitation of its effects on the environment,

               Recalling that air pollution can be caused by damaging production techniques, which are

               used by the poor, because of ignorance or an inability to invest in environmentally friendly
               technologies, and that the aforementioned pollution is also responsible for global warming and
               climate change that poor countries cannot afford to fight,


               Considering the many harmful effects of global warming that threaten biodiversity,


               Considering that more than 1.5 million animals are victims of plastic waste in the oceans each
               year,



                   1.  Proposes the creation of a label consisting of several levels which would reflect the

                      impact of production and operation of the product certified by an organization, which
                      would apply primarily to ICTs but could be extended to any technology;  its purpose
                      would be to allow consumers to be responsible regarding their purchases and their use;


                   2.  Encourages  the  member  States  and  organisations  present  to  try  to  make  their
                      populations aware of the ecological emergency using ICTs through the transmission of
                      messages for ecological awareness, for which organizations and states must meet the

                      following conditions:
                          a.  States will have to broadcast these messages on two different structures:
                                i.   On  national  television  channels,  every  5  minutes  of  advertising  must

                                     incorporate 30 seconds of content about ecological awareness in the
                                     desired form (microfilm, animated sequence, etc.),
                                ii.   On governmental online websites where messages of the same type as

                                     the ones stated previously should be exposed,
                          b.  Multinational corporations will have to post similar messages on their websites;

                   3.  Encourages transnational companies to provide long-term financial support to the least

                      developed countries so that they have the opportunity to develop around ICTs by:



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