Governments may apply from 15 May to 20 July 2026 for single-country projects to strengthen institutions for the sound management of chemicals and waste.
Learn more about the new EU financial support, COP-6 decisions in all 6 UN languages, two Minamata Online sessions on 17th ICMGP, and the annual meeting of the Green Customs Initiative.
This financial support will help the Secretariat of the Minamata Convention advance intersessional work requested by Parties at the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-6).
Consult now the 22 decisions adopted at the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention (COP-6), available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
Two Minamata Online sessions will take place on 13 May (starting at 09h00 and 16h00 CEDT), focusing on the 17th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP).
On 14 and 15 April, the Secretariat of the Minamata Convention participated in the 20th Annual Meeting of the Green Customs Initiative (GCI) held in Vienna, Austria.
Learn more about the adoption of the dental amalgam amendment, new webinars linked to ICMGP 2026 and the Escazú Agreement COP-4, the GEF-9 replenishment, a major scientific report, and more.
The International Conference of Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP) started in 1991 to gather mercury scientists from all over the world to discuss the global solution to mercury pollution.
I am pleased to announce that the Open-ended Scientific Group (OESG), established pursuant to decision MC- 4/11, has developed a draft scientific report for review and comments by Parties.
Learn more about how interested laboratories can participate in the fifth round of the Global Interlaboratory Assessment, under the Global Chemicals Monitoring Programme (GCMP).