Dhaka, Aug. 14 -- Bangladesh has categorically rejected the latest draft of the proposed Global Plastics Treaty, demanding stronger measures against plastic pollution.

According to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the draft falls far short of the mandate set by United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) Resolution 5/14 to establish an internationally legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution.

Dhaka made its position clear during the second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5.2), held on Wednesday at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, said a media release sent from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on Thursday....