Events

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded project, Eliminating Mercury Skin Lightening Products is implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and co-executed by The World Health Organization (WHO) and Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI) with technical support by the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership.

The Global Mercury Partnership organised an information sharing session on Minamata Initial Assessments (MIAs): latest trends, key findings and data analysis tools, on Tuesday 27 September 2022, from 2:00pm to 3:30pm CEST, in an online setting.

The UNEP Global Mercury Partnership and its areas of work on Mercury in Products and on Mercury Waste Management jointly organized on Tuesday 7 December 2021 an online information-sharing session dedicated to the phase out of  mercury-containing lamps.

The Mercury in products Area of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership held its annual meeting on Wednesday 7 July. Participants discussed the following points:

The UNEP Global Mercury Partnership and its Area of work on Mercury in Products, in cooperation with the World Health Organization, organized on 30 November 2020 a webinar to focus on the issue of mercury in skin lightening products. The event looked into the adverse effects of these products, shared information, and discussed some of the practices, experiences as well as challenges faced by countries and other stakeholders in meeting the 2020 deadline for phase out under the Minamata Convention.

The Global Mercury Partnership and its Area of work on mercury in products organized, in cooperation with World Health Organization (WHO), on 13 October 2020 a webinar on mercury-containing medical devices. 

Moderated by the Global Mercury Partnership Secretariat, this webinar had the following objectives:

The Mercury in Products partnership area is meeting face-to-face in Nairobi on 26 May aimed to provide   information on the viability and availability of Minamata Convention compliant products that can and are used in place of mercury-added products; to share information on the common steps countries have often taken toward successfully phasing out/down listed mercury-added products; and to better understand the economies of scale, key drivers and other steps involved in transitioning from mercury-added products to convention compliant alternatives, including the critical role product manuf

The project was undertaken under the umbrella of the UNEP Mercury in Products Partnership. It was one of the projects prioritized by the products partnership based on criteria set. The project supported the Government of Bangladesh in its effort towards the ratification and early implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury.

Presentations

Practical Sourcebook on Mercury Waste Storage and Disposal

At the invitation of the UNEP Chemicals Branch DTIE, and the UNEP Regional Office of Africa, the Inception Workshop on the Phase II of the East Africa Dental Amalgam Phase down Project was held on 23rd March 2015 at United Nations Office in Gigiri, Nairobi. The various participants presented their respective contributions to the project and the national project coordinators presented their respective project work plans. 

The project results workshop took place on 5-6 November 2013 in Dar es salaam, Tanzania.

Concept note and draft agenda Report of the workshop

Presentations  (available upon request)

Phasing Down Dental Amalgam: Country Case Studies Michael T. Bender - Zero Mercury Working Group