News

I am writing to inform you about proposals to amend the Minamata Convention to be considered at the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, to be held in Geneva from 3 to 7 November 2025.

I have the honour to invite your Government to the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-6) to be held from 3 to 7 November 2025, at the Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG), 17 rue de Varembé, Geneva, Switzerland.

I would like to recall decision MC-5/6 adopted at the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury.

Pursuant to Article 24 of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, the Secretariat of the Minamata Convention in its function to make arrangements for meetings of the Conference of the Parties and its subsidiary bodies, is inviting Parties to express their interest in hosting the Africa regional prepa

At its fifth meeting, which took place from 30 October to 3 November 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland, the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury adopted decision MC-5/3 requesting the Secretariat to: (a) initiate a study of the global supply, production, trade and use of merc

With a view to supporting national implementation across the biodiversity and the chemicals and waste agendas, we are pleased to announce that the Secretariats of the Minamata Convention on Mercury and of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions are organizing an online information session

The amendments of Annexes A and B to the Minamata Convention adopted at COP-5 have been communicated to the Parties from the Depositary.

Following up on COP Decision MC-5/5, the Executive Secretary sent a