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In its second phase, the third season of Minamata Online will feature webinars on COP-5 preparations, implementation review and support and mercury science from March to June 2023.

At its fifth meeting in Geneva (7-9 March), the Implementation and Compliance Committee (ICC) considered issues based on the information provided by Parties in their first full national reports.

Toxic mercury affects us all, but not all in the same way: women are disproportionately impacted by mercury, with higher health risks due to factors such as pregnancies, cosmetics and industries like artisanal and smal

On World Wildlife Day, we highlight the severe impact that mercury pollution poses to wildlife inside and outside our oceans, particularly those at the top of the food chain.

Thirty experts from around the world met in Geneva on 16-18 February 2023 to discuss thresholds to define waste contaminated with mercury to be controlled under the Minamata Convention.

On February 2, on the occasion of the UN international day, the Minamata Convention highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring wetlands across the world to help end mercury pollution.

Remarks by Monika Stankiewicz, Executive Secretary of the Minamata Convention, at the opening plenary in the High-Level Segment of CBD COP-15.

The Minamata Convention secretariat made a presentation at a trainers’ workshop on mercury mass flow development, held in Jakarta from 14 to 16 November 2022.

The Executive Secretary speaks at the 51st Session of the UN Human Rights Council on how the issue of artisanal and small-scale gold mining is “at the very heart of the existence of the Convention”.

With the subtitle “Minamata Convention: 5 years since ratification” and organized within the Specific International Programme project in Moldova, the workshop was held on 19-20 September.