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7th session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Mercury (INC 7)

10-15 March 2016 | Jordan

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A view of the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC), venue of the meeting, with the Petronas Towers in the background (photo courtesy of KLCC)

A view of the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Centre, venue of INC 7, with the Dead Sea in the background
(photo courtesy of the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Centre)

The seventh session of the intergovernmental negotiating committee on mercury (INC7) will be held at the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Center in Jordan from 10-15 March 2016. Regional consultations will be held on 9 March.

INC7 will prepare for the entry into force of the Minamata Convention on Mercury and will address issues that will be decided upon by the Conference of Parties at its first meeting. Issues to be considered will include, inter alia: the register of notifications; registering exemptions; arrangements for receiving and distributing information parties may provide on measures they plan to take to implement the Convention; procedures for export and import of mercury; arrangements for operation of the financial mechanism; and draft rules of procedure and draft financial rules for the Conference of Parties. Delegates will also consider guidance on a range of issues, including on identification of stocks of mercury and mercury compounds and best available techniques and best environmental practice for controlling emissions.

IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, is providing daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report from the 7th session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Mercury (INC 7). The summary and analysis report is available in HTML and PDF formats.


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IISD Reporting Services is grateful to the many donors of the Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) and recognizes the following as core contributors to the ENB: the European Union, the Government of Switzerland (the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN)) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. General Support for the Bulletin during 2016 is provided by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, SWAN International, the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Japanese Ministry of Environment (through the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies - IGES), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).