Watch our anniversary video covering the pressing issues surrounding toxic mercury, with special focus on the visit of the Secretariat of the Minamata Convention to the Philippines in early June.
The Secretariat of the Minamata Convention participated in the 16th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP 2024), held from 21 to 26 July 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa.
On 18-19 July, Minamata Convention Secretariat organizes an expert meeting on mercury emissions and releases in Cape Town, South Africa.
The International Committee on Contaminated Land (ICCL) and the Secretariat of the Minamata Convention cooperate to convene a half-day technical session, as part of the 15th ICCL meeting to be held in Berne, Switzerland, on Thursda
The 67th Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) convened in Washington, DC, from June 17 to 20 to deliberate on funding for a wide variety of projects and programs.
To support Parties in addressing mercury-added products, the Secretariat, with the financial support from the European Union and in cooperation with partners, have developed capacity-building material in six UN languages.
The MEA knowledge management meeting took place in Montreux, Switzerland, from 11 to 13 June 2024.
The Minamata Convention is living and responding to new data, information, and stakeholder engagement.
Financially supported by the European Union, the event was organized back-to-back with the 2024 planetGold Global Forum on ASGM.
The Minamata Convention Secretariat stressed that the primary source of mercury pollution is human-based activities.
They discussed the Philippines' priorities and progress in implementing the Convention. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the planetGOLD global forum on artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM).
On the second day ofplanetGOLD 2024 Global Forum on ASGM, the Secretariat participated in the "Minamata National Action Plans: Strategies to protect vulnerable people" session.