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The Minamata Convention on Mercury establishes, under its article 15, an Implementation and Compliance Committee (ICC) as a subsidiary body of the Conference of the Parties to promote implementation of, and review compliance with, all provisions of this Convention.
The Committee shall be facilitative in nature and shall pay particular attention to the respective national capabilities and circumstances of Parties. It shall examine both individual and systemic issues of implementation and compliance and make recommendations, as appropriate, to the Conference of the Parties.
Members
The Committee shall consist of 15 members, nominated by Parties and elected by the Conference of the Parties, with due consideration to equitable geographical representation based on the five regions of the United Nations. Chaired by Hu Yunfang (China), with Eva Salplachtova (Czechia) as Vice-Chair, the current members of the Committee are:
| Africa | Mve Beh Jean Hervé (Gabon) Musa Kuzumila Ngunila (United Republic of Tanzania) Oluwatoyin Olabanji (Nigeria) |
| Asia Pacific | Sajad Motaharnia (Iran (Islamic Republic of)) Hu Yunfang (China) Amit Raj (India) |
| Eastern European States | Jelena Kovačević (Montenegro) Atanas Stoyanov Dishkelov (Bulgaria) Eva Salplachtova (Czechia) |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | María del Mar Solano Trejos (Costa Rica) Jimena Nieto Carrasco (Colombia) Meredith Henry-Cumberbatch (Suriname) |
| Western European and Others Group | Anik Beaudoin (Canada) Gene Smilansky (United States of America) Helga Schrott (Austria) |
Photo of the Implementation and Compliance Committee at the seventh meeting in 2025.
