 Summary of the Supreme Council for Environment reply to NIHR: The Council reported that it had published the National Strategy for the Environment on its website. In addition, there are other national strategies related to the right to a safe and suitable environment, such as the National Strategy for Air Quality, the National Strategy for Waste Management, and the National Strategy for the Gradual Phase-out of Ozone Depleting Substances. (3) Text of recommendation and summary of the competent authority’s reply to NIHR: Establish a public prosecution unit specialized in environment, whose task is to initiate criminal proceedings on behalf of the society before the competent courts, with the aim of enhancing the role of the inspectors of the Supreme Council for Environment who are granted the status of law enforcement officers under the law to carry out their required roles.  Summary of the Public Prosecution reply to NIHR: The Public Prosecution stated that according to the Attorney General's resolution No (15) of 2007, there exists, within its structure, a specialized prosecution for the ministries’ and public authorities’ cases. In turn, it is competent to apply special criminal laws and the implementing regulations and decisions with regard to crimes regulated by these laws, and it has a section that deals with environmental crimes. The specialized prosecution exercises the powers of the competent authority for the initiation of criminal proceedings and prosecution of the cases before the courts. (4) Text of recommendation and summary of the competent authority’s reply to NIHR: The competent authorities need to urgently sort, treat or recycle the waste disposed of in Askar landfill.  Summary of the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs, and Urban Planning reply to NIHR: The Ministry stated that it is working within the framework of the National Strategy for Waste Management of 2019, which includes (180) recommendations. The Ministry is in the process of reviewing the Strategy to strengthen and update it. Accordingly, two recycling facilities have been established. The first is the construction and demolition waste recycling facility, which has contributed to reducing 30-40% of the waste received by the landfill since its commissioning in the Askar area in 2019. The second facility is the pilot plant in Hawrat A'ali for green waste recycling. Ninth Annual Report of the NIHR 34