The annual meeting of the Mercury-Containing Products Partnership Area was held via teleconference on 24 September 2009. The teleconference was hosted by the Partnership lead, Dr. Maria Doa of the U.S. Environment Protection Agency (EPA), from EPA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. The teleconference was attended by 25 call-in attendees and 6 in-person attendees, representing 5 national governments and 12 non-governmental organizations.
The overall goal of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership is to protect human health and the environment from the releases of mercury.