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Daily Web Coverage/Daily Reports/Summary Report
IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) has provided daily reports and web coverage of the Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Minamata Convention on Mercury October 9-11, and its preceding preparatory meeting October 7-8. A joint summary report of both events will be posted October 14. To download our reports, please click the HTML/PDF icons below. |
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Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries
on the Minamata Convention on Mercury
and preceding Preparatory Meeting
7-11 October 2013 | Kumamoto and Minamata, Japan
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Daily web coverage (click on the following links to see our daily web pages)
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In February 2009, the Governing Council of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) adopted a decision to develop a global legally-binding instrument on mercury pollution of oceans. An intergovernmental negotiating committee (INC), consisting of intergovernmental organizations with representatives from the civil society as observers, has been operating under the rules of procedure adopted at its first session in June 2010, and has carried out its work over five sessions. On 19 January 2013, at the fifth session or INC5, Governments agreed to the text of the “Minamata Convention on Mercury.”
The text will be open for signature at a Diplomatic Conference (Conference of Plenipotentiaries), which will be held in Minamata and Kumamoto, Japan, from 9-11 October 2013. The Conference of Plenipotentiaries will be preceded by an open-ended intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting from 7-8 October 2013 in Kumamoto, and a field trip on 9 October into Minamata City, where participants will visit the Minamata Disease Municipal Museum, meet some patients with Minamata Disease, and attend a ceremonial opening of the Diplomatic Conference.
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Meeting resources
 Meeting website
Meeting documents
DipCon provisional annotated agenda
DipCon scenario note
DipCon rules of procedure
Provisional annotated agenda for the preparatory meeting
Scenario note for the preparatory meeting
Rules of procedure for the preparatory meeting
Text of the Minamata Convention on Mercury for adoption by the DipCon
The Mercury Club
Host country website
IISD RS resources
Building an Effective Future-proof International Chemicals and Waste Regime, Guest Article written for IISD RS Chemicals and Wastes Policy & Practice website by Franz Perrez, Ambassador, Head of International Affairs Division of Switzerland’s Federal Office for the Environment, President of COP11 of the Basel Convention
IISD RS coverage of the Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (BC COP11), Sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention (RC COP6), Sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention (SC COP6) and Second simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the three Conferences of the Parties to the three conventions (ExCOPs2), 28 April - 10 May 2013, Geneva, Switzerland
IISD RS coverage of Twenty-seventh Session of the UNEP Governing Council (GC27)/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GMEF), 18-22 February 2013, UN Office, Nairobi, Kenya
IISD RS coverage of Mercury INC5, 13-18 January 2013, Geneva, Switzerland
IISD RS coverage of Mercury INC4, 27 June - 2 July 2012, Punta del Este, Uruguay
IISD RS coverage of the Twelfth Special Session of the UNEP Governing Council (GCSS)/GMEF, 20-22 February 2012, UNEP headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya
IISD RS summary and analysis of Mercury INC3, 31 October - 4 November 2011, UNEP headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF) (Spanish: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of UNEP GC26/GMEF, 21-24 February 2011, UNEP Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya
IISD RS summary and analysis of Mercury INC2, 24-28 January 2011, Chiba, Japan (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF) (Spanish: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS summary and analysis of Mercury INC1, 7-11 June 2010, Stockholm, Sweden (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF) (Spanish: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the First Simultaneous Extraordinary Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions (ExCOPs1), and GCSS-11/GMEF, 22-26 February 2010, Bali, Indonesia
IISD RS brefing note of the Ad-hoc Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) to Prepare for the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Mercury, 19-23 October 2009, Bangkok, Thailand (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the Second Meeting of the Ad Hoc OEWG to Review and Assess Measures to Address the Global Issue of Mercury, 6-10 October 2008, UNEP Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya
IISD RS coverage of the First Meeting of the Ad Hoc OEWG to Review and Assess Measures to Address the Global Issue of Mercury, 12-16 November 2007, Bangkok, Thailand
IISD RS chemicals management page
IISD RS coverage of UNEP GC meetings
Chemicals-L - A news and announcement list on chemicals news and policy developments
Chemicals and Wastes Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of International Activities Adressing Chemicals and Wastes Policy
Linkages Update - Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable development news
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