The governments of Saint Lucia, Marshall Islands and Saudi Arabia deposited their instrument of accession respectively on 23, 29 January and 27 February while Uganda’s government deposited its instrument of ratification on 1 March 2019.
Saint Lucia, Marshall Islands, Saudi Arabia and Uganda bring to 105 the number of parties to the Minamata Convention
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07 Nov 2024
Minamata Convention Secretariat participates in the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference
The sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP16) took place from 21 October to 1 November 2024, in Cali, Colombia.
07 Nov 2024
Webinar: Enhancing the generation and use of mercury information for science-based policy development
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is implementing since 2019 a Japan-funded project called “Project for promoting the Minamata Convention on Mercury by making the most of Japan's knowledge and experiences” to support its member states for the implementation of the Convention.
07 Nov 2024
Call for Expression of Interest for the fourth round of Laboratory Proficiency Testing
The National Institute for Minamata Disease (NIMD), in collaboration with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), is organizing laboratory proficiency testing (PT) for assessing the analytical capacity for mercury.