In 2009, recognizing the current impacts and continuing threats of ongoing mercury contamination, governments of the world agreed to start negotiations on a global, legally binding mercury treaty with the goal of finishing by 2013.
The first session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to prepare the treaty on mercury (INC1) took place 7-11 June, 2010 in Sweden.
Numerous representatives from IPEN Participating Organizations took part in the INC1.
For more information, see:
► IPEN’s INC1 page.
► United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) INC1 Link
► INC1 UNEP Report INC1 Report
► IISD Reporting Services coverage
The second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to prepare the treaty on mercury (INC2) took place 24-28 January, 2011 in Japan.
Mother and child statue in Japan. Photo credit: John Wickens
Numerous representatives from IPEN Participating Organizations took part in the INC2.
For more information, see:
► IPEN’s INC2 page.
► United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) INC2 Link
► INC2 UNEP Report INC2 Report
► IISD Reporting Services coverage
Some IPENers at INC2, from left to right: Yuyun Ismawati, Balifokus, Indonesia; Fernando Bejarano and Maria Eugenia Acosta, RAPAM / CAATA, Mexico; Alan Watson, Public Interest Consultants, U.K.; Ying Wang, Greenpeace China; Jan Samanek, Arnika, Czech Republic; Manny Calonzo, GAIA, Philippines; Rashid Kang, Greenpeace China. Photo credit: Faye Ferrer
