GSL SPEECH 1

Good evening to the eb and my fellow delegates. I,

the delegate of South Korea, would like to place the
country’s opinion on the agenda. First of all, as we
know the novel corona virus, originated in China. The
cases are increasing. now the number of cases has
crossed 20.5 million, and it has reached 14000 in
South Korea. The rising cases has caused many
countries around the globe to initiate a lockdown,
but South Korea has tackled the outbreak without a
lockdown. The government of South Korea launched
a massive, technology-reliant testing and tracing
campaign to tackle the virus. Although the lockdown
did not stop the global cases to rise, it proved to be
a blessing for the environment. The lockdown has
had many positive effects on the environment. For
example. The air quality in major cities across the
world improved dramatically during March and April.
As economic activities came to a halt, factory and
road traffic emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2),
nitrogen oxides (NOx) etc. dropped significantly. In
early March, South Korea reported a large increase
in COVID-19 cases. Since then, ground stations have
been measuring the lowest levels of some pollutants
for seven years. Although South Korea did not
impose major restrictions on residents, changes in
daily activity could have contributed to the drop . In
Daegu, the concentration of particulate matter was
decreased by 3.6%, which means that the air quality had
improved. Also there was a continuous reduction in
NO2 concentration. the overall decline might also be due to
people’s efforts, such as the reduction of traffic
volume and the partial shutdown of industrial
facilities under autonomous self-reflection. The
average air quality in South Korea ranges from good
to moderate. This was the quality of air in South
Korea.