The Secretariat joined representatives of environmental conventions and international organizations at a side event on biodiversity and health during CBD COP17 on 21 October.

The Secretariat will participate in the side event, subtitled "Indigenous leadership for biodiversity and mercury action across hemispheres", on October 23 (10h00-11h30) at the GEF Pavilion.

The Secretariat participated in a side event at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP17), held on 20 October in Yerevan, Armenia.

To mark the 13th anniversary of the signing of the Convention this month, learn more about the Secretariat's participation in ICMGP 2026, the planetGOLD Global Forum on ASGM, and more.

The Secretariat of the Minamata Convention presented draft guidance on developing national action plans to phase out dental amalgam at the final meeting of the GEF-7 dental amalgam project.

The Minamata Convention Secretariat contributed to a side event at the 13th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC COP13).

Representatives from 14 countries concluded a regional workshop aimed at advancing regional action on mercury through strengthened cooperation to support national action.

Knowledge management officers from more than 20 multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs), UNEP, and partners met in Geneva from 12 to 14 October.

Organized in the context of the GEF 10716 medical devices project, the session on 3 November (11:00-12:30 CET) focuses on managing mercury-containing medical devices once they are taken out of use.