Le 5 janvier, le Gouvernement de l'Italie a déposé son instrument de ratification, devenant ainsi la 127ème Partie à la Convention de Minamata et le premier pays à s'engager en cette nouvelle année 2021.
The Minamata Convention Secretariat contributed online to the Capacity-building workshop: Implementation of biodiversity and chemicals and waste Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), organized by UNEP - Law Division.
Government officials, industry managers, technical experts and UN officers met in Monterrey to kick off a project to stop mercury-based chlor-alkali production and clean up contaminated factories.
On Children's Day, we celebrate and encourage initiatives like planetGOLD Perú: Expedición Mercurio and others that strengthen youth engagement and are part of the solution to tackle toxic mercury.