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The Convention was adopted on 10 October 2013 at Kumamoto (Japan) on the occasion of the Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Minamata Convention on Mercury held from 7 to 11 October 2013 and entered into force on 16 August 2017.
The Booklet of the Convention can be downloaded in the 6 official UN languages.
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The Booklet of the Convention has been updated to its 2024 edition in English, French, and Spanish, reflecting the decisions made at the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-5). Translations into Arabic, Chinese, and Russian will be made available soon. To know more about the Convention Amendments and how it affects Parties, visit this section.
At its fourth meeting, by decision MC-4/3, the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury decided to amend part I of annex A to the Convention by adding eight new mercury-added products, with the effect that the manufacture, import and export of those products would not be allowed after 2025. The Conference of the Parties further decided to amend part II of annex A to the Convention by adding two additional provisions on dental amalgam. To know more about the Convention Amendments and how it affects parties, visit this section.