Summary
On Sunday morning, delegates to INC7 convened in plenary to hear reports from contact groups on rules, finance and technical issues before moving ahead with work on issues including, inter alia, artisanal and small-scale gold mining, mercury supply sources and trade, environmentally sound interim storage of mercury other than waste mercury, mercury wastes, and contaminated sites. The contact group on rules continued its work in parallel with the morning plenary and into the afternoon. The contact groups on finance, reporting and technical issues convened in the afternoon.
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Delegates gather for the start of plenary
Fernando Lugris, Uruguay, INC Chair
Contact Group on Rules Co-Chair
Mohammed Khashashneh, Jordan
Technical Matters Contact Group Co-Chair Kateřina Šebková, Czech Republic
Finance Contact Group Co-Chair
Gregor Filyk, Canada
John Roberts, UK, Co-Facilitator of the Best Available Technologies/ Best Environmental Practices (BAT/BEP) Informal Group
Susan Egan Keane, Natural Resources Defense
Council (NRDC), and Ken Davis, UNEP
Carolyn Vickers, World Health Organisation (WHO)
Aneta Willems, EU
David Kapindula, Zambia, speaking on behalf of the African Group
Agustina Camilli, Uruguay, speaking on behalf of the Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)
Oumar Diaouré Cissé, Mali
Norazeyan Dzul Kornain, Malaysia
Lana Saria, Indonesia
Sam Adu-Kumi, Ghana
Marianne Bailey, US
Toï Pagnibam Meba, Togo
Haddijatou Jallow, Sierra Leone
Desiré Yameogo, Burkina Faso
Griffins Ochieng, IPEN
Dominique Bally Kpokro, Zero Mercury Working Group
Contact Group on Rules
Contact Group on Rules
Contact Group Co-Chairs Andrew McNee, Australia, and Mohammed Khashashneh, Jordan
Jill Hanna, EU
Angela Rivera, Colombia
Silvia Maciunas, Canada
Wondwossen Wondemagegnehu, Ethiopia, speaking on
behalf of the African Group
Contact Group on Technical Matters
Contact Group on Technical Matters
Bettina Hitzfeld, Switzerland
Jean Le Roux, New Zealand
Christopher Allen, EU
Iftikhar-ul-Hassan Gilani, Pakistan
Contact Group on Finance
Contact Group on Finance
Heidar Ali Balouji, Iran
Jozef Buys, EU
Adel Shafei Mohamed Osman, Egypt
Gabi Eigenmann, Switzerland
Contact Group on Reporting
Contact Group on Reporting
Mick Saito, Japan
Contact Group Co-Chair Silvija Kalniņš, Latvia
Virginia Poter, Canada
Eirik Hovland Steindal, Norway
Sheila Logan, interim secretariat of the Minamata Convention
Around the Venue
Delegates from Japan
Delegates from China
Delegates between sessions
Delegates meet informally
A delegate views the ENB website
Georg Karlaganis, UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
Documents discussing the distribution of mercury around the world
