Summary
Delegates conferring with Iran regarding the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the GEF
The second meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP2) to the Minamata Convention on Mercury met for a second day on Tuesday, 20 November 2018. Delegates met in plenary and in contact groups, and discussed:
- technical matters, specifically mercury waste, interim storage, releases and contaminated sites;
- institutional issues regarding the secretariat;
- budget and programme of work;
- effectiveness evaluation;
- open burning; and
- financial rules.
For more details on the day’s events and to hear what delegates said in the corridors, see our daily Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB).
IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis report from COP2.
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The dais during the morning plenary

Reginald Hernaus, the Netherlands

Silvija Kalniņš, Latvia


Delegates from Luxembourg

Delegates from Mexico

Karel Blaha, Czech Republic

Charles Kanu Ikeah, Nigeria

Susanna Tiansuwan, Thailand

President of COP2, Marc Chardonnens, Switzerland

Michael Bender, Zero Mercury Working Group

Fiasosoitamalii Siaosi, Samoa

Delegates during plenary

The dais in informal discussions

Imelda Dossou Etui, UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), and Toī Pagnibam Meba, Togo

Dhammika Kumari Wijaysinghe, Sri Lanka

Helga Schrott, the EU

Paul Almodóvar, US

Heidar Ali Balouji, Iran

Eyad Ibrahim, Syria

Michel Tschirren, Switzerland

The dais during the afternoon plenary

Enrique Moret Hernández, Cuba

Vladimir Lenev, Russian Federation

Mohamed Elmi Obsieh, Djibouti

Francis Kihumba, Kenya

Nigeria delegation

Franz Perrez, Switzerland, consulting with US and the EU
Contact Groups

Contact Group on Budget

Contact Group on Institutional Issues

Contact Group on Technical Issues Including Waste
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