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Under healthy safe measures, the second segment of the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-4) takes place in person from 21 to 25 March in Bali, Indonesia, with online participation.

Remarks by Monika Stankiewicz, Executive Secretary of the Minamata Convention, at the Opening Ceremony of the second segment of COP-4 in Bali, Indonesia on 21 March 2022.

The Opening Ceremony of the in-person segment of COP-4 will be broadcast on YouTube Live on Monday 21 March (10h00 local time UTC+8) from Bali, Indonesia.

The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB), covers the online segment of COP-4.2 from 21 to 25 March. 

The second segment of the fourth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-4.2) will take place in person in Bali, Indonesia, from 21 to 25 March 2022.

Read the IISD-ENB coverage on the online side event "Achievements and impacts of five projects from around the world" and watch the full video recording.

As part of the on-going preparations for COP-4.2, the Minamata Convention Secretariat has organized 26 online side events from Monday 7 to Friday 11 March 2022. Save the date and register now.

Watch the video recording of the event organized by UNEP and GEF on Wednesday 2 March (18h30-19h30 EAT) titled "Time for Action: Integrated Efforts for a Healthy Planet and People".

On 4 March (13h15-14h45 UTC +3) this event celebrates 35 years of implementation and compliance mechanisms established under eight multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) administered by UNEP.

On March 2 (10h00-11h00 CET), the Minamata Convention and the Permanent Mission of Indonesia organized a briefing on the logistical and substantive preparations, and expected outcomes, of COP-4.2.

The Secretariat of the Minamata Convention has launched on 14 February the Online Budget Forum and the Online Technical Documents Forum. As informed by the letter of th

On 15 February, the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership and its Waste Management Area will focus on mercury wastes management for the implementation of Article 11. Register now.