Selected remarks by Monika Stankiewicz, Executive Secretary of the Minamata Convention, delivered at the First Meeting for the Ninth Replenishment of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Trust Fund, held on 20-21 May in Paris, France.
On 14 May 2025, the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers adopted a new Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law, the first international legally binding instrument to address environmental crime.
Explore the information note from the Green Customs Initiative, featuring contributions from the Minamata Convention secretariat, especially on the consent procedure for the import of mercury.
Explore the highlights of the participation of the Minamata Convention at the 2025 BRSCOPs, from high-level roundtables and bilateral meetings, to technical side events and key mercury outcomes.
At the 2025 BRS COPs, a side event highlighted the transformative potential of digital platforms like InforMEA in advancing sustainable development goals (SDGs) through enhanced cooperation and information exchange.
In a step toward integrated global environmental action, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) hosted the first GEF–MEA Exchange on the margins of the 2025 Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS) COPs in Geneva.
At the 2025 BRS COPs, a side event focused on mercury in products, including mercury waste, a typical area of synergies between the Minamata and Basel Conventions.
Highlights from the high-level side event “Integrating chemicals and waste management into biodiversity conservation – the power of synergies” at the 2025 BRS COPs.
J'ai l'honneur d'inviter votre gouvernement à la sixième réunion de la Conférence des Parties à la Convention de Minamata sur le mercure (COP-6) qui se tiendra du 3 au 7 novembre 2025, au Centre International de Conférences de Genève (CICG), 17 rue de Varembé, Genève, Suisse.
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.
Le 30 avril, au cours du point de l'ordre du jour sur la coopération et la coordination internationales lors des COP du BRS 2025, le Secrétariat de la Convention de Minamata a fait une déclaration au nom de la Secrétaire Exécutive, Monika Stankiewicz.
La Secrétaire exécutive Monika Stankiewicz a participé à la table ronde de haut niveau du Groupe de gestion de l'environnement (EMG), qui s'est tenue pendant les CdP 2025 du BRS sur le thème « Renforcer l'action pour le changement : Faire progresser les solutions intégrées pour la mise en œuvre d