On 16 April, the Geneva Environment Network and the Chemicals & Waste Youth Platform organize this online briefing to bring more youth voices into globally-coordinated efforts to find solutions

In this issue, the newly launched "Focus Areas", Minamata Online session in Arabic on national reporting, membership now open for our Women's Caucus, and two draft documents available for comments.

The Minamata Convention on Mercury launches a new “Focus Areas” section on its website, offering Parties, stakeholders, and the public a more intuitive and data-oriented way to engage with the Conv

The Women’s Caucus is a space for advancing the equality and empowerment of women within the implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury.

Parties, Indigenous Peoples and local community organizations, and relevant stakeholders are invited to submit inputs to the draft supplemental guidance by the end of April.

This letter is to update on the progress of the intersessional work pursuant to the decisions of the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties and in preparation for the sixth meeting.

The report highlights recent developments under the Minamata Convention, including main outcomes from the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-5), key topics and intersessional work.

On the Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, UNEP, Minamata Convention and Global Mercury Partnership highlight the need to put an end to mercury-containing skin-lightening products.