Fifth session of the intergovernmental negotiating committee to prepare a global legally binding instrument on mercury (INC 5)

Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee Geneva Switzerland 13 - 18 Jan 2013

The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to prepare a global legally binding instrument on mercury (INC5) was held in Geneva, Switzerland from 13 to 18 January 2013.

On Saturday, 19 January 2013, in the early morning, Governments agreed to the text of a global legally binding instrument on mercury and gave birth to the “Minamata Convention on Mercury”.

Documents

Action

	UNEP(DTIE)/Hg/INC.5/4 - Air emission thresholds for facilities and information on releases to land and water Download Working Document \| 15.10.2012 \| 228.68 KB
	UNEP(DTIE)/Hg/INC.5/5 - Analysis of the extent to which the provisions of the draft mercury instrument reflect the content of article 20 bis on health aspects Download Working Document \| 17.10.2012 \| 269.90 KB
	UNEP(DTIE)/Hg/INC.5/1/Add.1 - Annotated provisional agenda Download Working Document \| 17.10.2012 \| 67.25 KB
	UNEP(DTIE)/Hg/INC.5/6 - Draft elements of the final act to be adopted at the anticipated diplomatic conference Download Working Document \| 20.10.2012 \| 39.98 KB
	UNEP(DTIE)/Hg/INC.5/3 - Draft text for a global legally binding instrument on mercury Chair’s draft text Download Working Document \| 11.10.2012 \| 797.69 KB
	UNEP(DTIE)/Hg/INC.5/1 - Provisional agenda Download Working Document \| 05.10.2012 \| 105.38 KB
	UNEP(DTIE)/Hg/INC.5/7* - Report of the intergovernmental negotiating committee to prepare a global legally binding instrument on mercury on the work of its fifth session Download Working Document \| 14.03.2013 \| 1.11 MB
	UNEP(DTIE)/Hg/INC.5/2 - Scenario note for the fifth session of the intergovernmental negotiating committee to prepare a global legally binding instrument on mercury Download Working Document \| 15.10.2012 \| 182.25 KB

Time and place

Takes place in

Geneva Switzerland

Starts on 13 Jan 2013 9 AM CET

Ends on 18 Jan 2013 6 PM CET

Get regular updates from Minamata Convention

	UNEP(DTIE)/Hg/INC.5/4 - Air emission thresholds for facilities and information on releases to land and water Download Working Document \| 15.10.2012 \| 228.68 KB
	UNEP(DTIE)/Hg/INC.5/5 - Analysis of the extent to which the provisions of the draft mercury instrument reflect the content of article 20 bis on health aspects Download Working Document \| 17.10.2012 \| 269.90 KB
	UNEP(DTIE)/Hg/INC.5/1/Add.1 - Annotated provisional agenda Download Working Document \| 17.10.2012 \| 67.25 KB
	UNEP(DTIE)/Hg/INC.5/6 - Draft elements of the final act to be adopted at the anticipated diplomatic conference Download Working Document \| 20.10.2012 \| 39.98 KB
	UNEP(DTIE)/Hg/INC.5/3 - Draft text for a global legally binding instrument on mercury Chair’s draft text Download Working Document \| 11.10.2012 \| 797.69 KB
	UNEP(DTIE)/Hg/INC.5/1 - Provisional agenda Download Working Document \| 05.10.2012 \| 105.38 KB
	UNEP(DTIE)/Hg/INC.5/7* - Report of the intergovernmental negotiating committee to prepare a global legally binding instrument on mercury on the work of its fifth session Download Working Document \| 14.03.2013 \| 1.11 MB
	UNEP(DTIE)/Hg/INC.5/2 - Scenario note for the fifth session of the intergovernmental negotiating committee to prepare a global legally binding instrument on mercury Download Working Document \| 15.10.2012 \| 182.25 KB

Fifth session of the intergovernmental negotiating committee to prepare a global legally binding instrument on mercury (INC 5)

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