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Convention text of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… the preparation of a global legally binding instrument. An intergovernmental negotiating committee to prepare a global … account while negotiating the text. In January 2013, the intergovernmental negotiating committee concluded its fifth … Recognizing also the activities of the World Health Organization in the protection of human health related to …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Overview of key operational articles under the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… 6 and 8 (paragraph 13). At its seventh session, the intergovernmental negotiating committee to prepare a global … AS PER ARTICLE 6 A State or regional economic integration organization can register for one or more exemptions from the … dates (Article 6, paragraph 6). At its sixth session, the intergovernmental negotiating committee adopted, on a …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

The Minamata Convention on Mercury and its implementation in the Latin America and Caribbean region

… led the international community from the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, and directly drafted … Programme. Fernando Lugris Ambassador Chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on mercury Mercury is … in 2002, in cooperation with other members of the Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

White Paper - Regional Seas Governance

… EU European Union FAO United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization GEF Global Environmental Facility IMO … covering 17 LMEs, thus involving 110 states as well as intergovernmental organizations such as UNEP, the United … management measures is a matter for states and competent intergovernmental 35 COP Decision V/6 on Ecosystem Approach …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Ratification and Implementation Guidelines

… to UNEP, Chair of the Minamata Convention on Mercury Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee 1 Foreword It has … Facility, the United Nations International Development Organization, and SSNC for its mercury and chemicals … and Compliance Committee International Labour Organization Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee Mercury-Added Product …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… Cooperation Agency ACTO Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization ADB Asian Development Bank AFOLU Agriculture, … Education, Participation and Awareness Program CIC Intergovernmental Coordinating Committee of La Plata Basin … Commission INBO International Network of Water Basins IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPS Indigenous …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

At a glance: Minamata Convention on Mercury

… work to prepare this instrument has been undertaken by an intergovernmental negotiating committee that met in five … 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland. The fifth session of the intergovernmental negotiating committee agreed the final … accession. For each State or regional economic integration organization that ratifies, accepts or approves the …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Land-Based Sources of Marine Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Environment Facility (“GEF”). The GPA is the only global intergovernmental mechanism directly addressing the … and regional programmes of action to implement the GPA. Intergovernmental Review Meetings (IGR) are organized every 5 …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Factsheet - Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities

… activities and sources of marine pollution. The Third Intergovernmental Review on the Implementation of the GPA was … 23-24 January. Governments decided at this 3rd Intergovernmental Review that the GPA Coordination Office …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Synergies Success Stories - Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions

… Environmentally Sound Management FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations GCI Green Customs … years . Many multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs), intergovernmental organizations and international … have been prepared by government representatives, NGOs, intergovernmental organizations and the secretariats of the …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste