Events

Minamata Online sessions on 5 October 2022. Waste management is a good example of synergies between international treaties. Parties to the Minamata Convention are to use the technical guidelines under the Basel Convention for the environmentally sound management of mercury waste. The guidelines were published in 2015 and updated at Basel Convention COP in June 2022.

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 Mercury waste management Area of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership took place both in-person and in an online setting, on 20 September 2022 at 9:30-12:30 (Singapore time).

The main objective of the meeting was to discuss on the Workplans and consider synergies among Working Groups and cooperation with the Global Mercury Partnership Areas.  

The Mercury air transport and fate research Area of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership met on Wednesday 29 June 2022, from 9:00 – 11:00 AM (EST) in an online setting

The UNEP Global Mercury Partnership and its Area of work on Mercury Releases from the Cement Industry organized an online technical information-sharing session on 23 June 2022.

The event exchanged on current knowledge about best practices to control and reduce emissions of mercury from the cement sector and shared information on available guidance.

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The UNEP Global Mercury Partnership, its Areas of work on Mercury Waste Management and on Mercury Supply and Storage as well as the Secretariat of the Minamata Convention jointly organized a side event on "Mercury Wastes: latest developments, tools and practices for their environmentally sound management" in the margins of the 2022 meetings of the Co

The twelfth meeting of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership Advisory Group (PAG-12) took place on Friday 11 March, from 12:30 -15:00 CET and Monday 14 March 2022, from 12:00 -15:00 CET, in a virtual setting. The meeting was held under the leadership of  the PAG co-chairs, Rodges Ankrah (Environmental Protection Agency, U.S.), and Teeraporn Wiriwutikorn (Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand). Partners were welcome to attend the meeting as observers. The report for the meeting will be made available below as soon as it is finalized.

The Mercury cell chlor-alkali production Area of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership met on 23 February 2022 in an online setting.

Amongst others, the meeting considered an update to the Partnership area’s business plan.

The UNEP Global Mercury Partnership and its Waste Management Area organized an online information-sharing session dedicated to mercury wastes management for the implementation of Article 11 of the Minamata Convention on 15 February 2022.

The Mercury waste management Area of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership  met on Tuesday 1 February 2022.The meeting, amongst others, discussed progress of activities undertaken since the July 2021 Partnership Area meeting, including in the context of the newly established working groups - namely on "Resource Development", "Capacity Building" an