Read the UNEP story on a pioneering new initiative seeking to enhance understanding of mercury trade dynamics in Latin America and foster regional cooperation to control mercury flows.
Check out this fact sheet to learn more about mercury trade on the global market.
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.
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 request
Financially supported by the European Union, the event was organized back-to-back with the 2024 planetGold Global Forum on ASGM.
On 29 October, the event, hosted by the Colombian government, proposed the scope, stakeholders and timeline for developing an international agreement on the traceability of mineral supply chains.