Lebanon brings to 84 the number of future Parties to the Minamata Convention

The report highlights recent developments under the Minamata Convention, including main outcomes from the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-5), key topics and intersessional work.

On the Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, UNEP, Minamata Convention and Global Mercury Partnership highlight the need to put an end to mercury-containing skin-lightening products.

Mercury scientists gathered in Minamata, Japan, to examine how the Minamata Convention is contributing to the protection of human health and the ecosystem from mercury.