Register now: Minamata Initial Assessments (MIAs) webinar
On 27 September (14h00-15h30 CEST), the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership organizes an online information sharing session on MIAs: latest trends, key findings and data analysis tools.
On 27 September (14h00-15h30 CEST), the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership organizes an online information sharing session on MIAs: latest trends, key findings and data analysis tools.
With the subtitle “Minamata Convention: 5 years since ratification” and organized within the Specific International Programme project in Moldova, the workshop was held on 19-20 September.
The secretariat of the Minamata Convention will participate in this side event to the 51st Session of the Human Rights Council on Wednesday 21 September.
Organized within the Specific International Programme project in Moldova, the workshop takes place in Chisinau on 19-20 September. More information in Romanian.
The meeting of the Implementation and Compliance Committee (ICC) of the Minamata Convention on Mercury took place online on 13 and 14 September 2022.
Submissions by parties and stakeholders to mea-minamatasecretariat@un(.)org with copy to marianne.bailey@un(.)org.
The secretariat of the Minamata Convention took part in the fourth meeting of the intersessional process considering the Strategic Approach and sound management of chemicals and waste beyond 2020, held in Bucharest from 29 August to 2 September 2022.
This event will be held on 13 September (10h00-12h00 CEST) within the framework of the Geneva Environment Network, providing an overview of work, key activities and upcoming key conferences.
Submissions closed. Photographers from all over the world were invited to participate and raise awareness of the ongoing global concern of toxic mercury (deadline: 31 December 2022).
Five years have passed since the Minamata Convention on Mercury entered into force on 16 August 2017. Although the convention itself is young, it builds on a long history of scientific efforts to understand and manage the risk of mercury, a toxic substance.