Topic: Bypassing the Manufacturing Stage of Development
Country: Honduras
Delegate Name: Taylor Potter
School: Forest Hills Eastern High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Honduras position papers GLIMUN 2017 committees
Countries have started to head directly towards a service driven economy instead of relying on manufacturing. More and more countries are beginning to discuss the growing effects that manufacturing has on the economy, and starting to offer solutions to offset the harm done. Industrial pollution is a primary source of environmental contamination. According to the Environmental Protection Agency air pollution levels have rose eighteen percent from 1990 to 2008. The growing effects on the economy has sparked a debate about bypassing the manufacturing stage of development. Nations have already started relying on manufacturing less and beginning to head towards a service driven economy. The new developing technology has allowed outside nations to provide services that before have only been provided from local sources. The United Nations must determine the necessary action to reduce the growing effect manufacturing has on the environment.
Air pollution is a sizeable problem in Honduras. With the urbanization of cities such as Tegucigalpa the air pollution has started to rise at a frightening rate. A study by Honduras’s Center of Pollution has found that Honduras has exceeded The World Health Organization’s air-quality guidelines. We have addressed this issue by enforcing regulation for the control of emissions from stationary sources which sets limits on industry to protect the environment. As well as creating the renewable energy law and sustainable energy action plan to try and encourage the growth of renewable sources that do not harm the environment. Honduras has also given large industries a tax incentive for clean production and installation of pollution prevention technologies. Honduras believes that air pollution from manufacturing is a substantial problem that needs to be addressed. The UN needs to lessen the reliance countries have on manufacturing, and start directing developing countries towards a more service driven market. That would not only help the environment significantly, but will help people in poverty providing them higher paying jobs in the service field.
Honduras proposes that the UN starts by getting an accurate prediction of the problem by taking a detailed emissions inventory of all the major cities with inaccurate data. The next step would be to establish a universal alert plan to manage the high air pollution levels. The UN should also promote service driven economies to developing nations to help steer away from the typical economic development process. This would not cut all manufacturing, but would reduce the reliance on it. A resolution that advocates for creating guidelines to protect the environment and nations will help lead towards the goal of sustainable development.
