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  • Mercury Treaty

    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 w

  • INC3 (2011)

    The third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC1) to prepare the treaty on mercury took place 31 October- 4 November, 2011 in Kenya. Many representatives from IPEN Participating Organizations took part.

    INC3 NGO team

    INC3 NGO team

     

    IPEN’s Initial Views on the Draft Mercury Treaty Text

    IPEN prepared comments on the draft Mercury Treaty text, which was circulated to government delegates planning to attend the INC3. Read the comments here: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Russian, Spanish

    Please use the tabs at the top of the page to learn about IPEN's Actions, Documents and Interventions during the meeting.

     

  • INC2 (2011)

    The second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to prepare the treaty on mercury (INC2) took place 24-28 January, 2011 in Japan and numerous representatives from IPEN Participating Organizations took part.

    Group shot, INC2 - Photo credit: John Wickens

    IPEN Views on the Mercury INC2 Elements Document

    Prior to the meeting, IPEN prepared an analysis of the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP’s) “Draft elements of a comprehensive and suitable approach to a global legally binding instrument on mercury” document, called: “IPEN Views on the Mercury INC2 Elements Document.” IPEN was disappointed by the UNEP document, as we felt that the measures outlined in the paper were insufficient to drive the actions that are needed to reduce releases of mercury to the global environment on the scale required to adequately protect human health and the environment and bring down global mercury pollution so that fish are once again safe to eat.

    See IPEN’s Analysis of UNEP’s “Elements” document: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish

    This was circulated to government delegates planning to attend the INC2.

    IPEN’s INC2 follow-up document

    In addition, following the INC2, IPEN shared with delegates and others some thoughts and observations about the meeting. IPEN felt that important progress was made at INC2, but discussions at the meeting also highlighted some concerns that we wanted to raise. See IPEN’s INC2 follow-up document: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish

    Please use the tabs at the top of the page to learn about IPEN's Actions, Documents and Interventions during the meeting.

    Some IPENers at INC2 

  • Study on the possible effects on Human Health and the Environment in Asia and the Pacific of the trade of products containing Lead, Cadmium and Mercury

    Saturday, 1 January 2011 - 11:00am

    This study addresses the data gaps identified in the UNEP Draft Final Review of Scientific Information on Lead and the UNEP Draft Final Review of Scientific Information on Cadmium where they relate to the trade in products that contain lead and cadmium. This study also investigates trade flows for products that contain mercury. In particular the study seeks to address the global trade flows of these products in and out of the Asia and the Pacific region in accordance with decisions 24/3 and 25/5 II of the Governing Council of the UNEP.

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  • NGO Introduction to Mercury Pollution

    Friday, 1 October 2010 - 12:00pm

    By Jack Weinberg

    Senior Policy Advisor, IPEN

    October, 2010

    This book provides information about mercury pollution and its harm to human health and the environment. The book also presents the major sources of mercury pollution and calls for civil society efforts at the local, national, and global level to work toward controlling human activities that release mercury into the environment.

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  • INC1 (2010)

    The first session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to prepare the treaty on mercury (INC1) took place 7-11 June, 2010 in Sweden and numerous representatives from IPEN Participating Organizations took part.

    Group Photo INC1

    IPEN Views on a Global Mercury Treaty

    Prior to the meeting, IPEN prepared Views on a Global Mercury Treaty, which explains why a global treaty on mercury is needed and puts forward a civil society vision for the treaty.

    From this document, IPEN prepared an excerpted version, a “Brief Statement of IPEN Views of a Global Mercury Treaty, ” which was circulated to government delegates planning to attend the INC1. Arabic, English , Chinese , French , Portuguese , Russian , Spanish

    Please use the tabs at the top of the page to learn about IPEN's Actions, Documents and Interventions during the meeting.

  • Market analysis of some mercury-containing products and their mercury-free alternatives in selected regions

    Monday, 1 March 2010 - 11:00am

    The goal of this project was to gather and analyze information related to the availability, suitability and cost of mercury-containing versus mercury-free mass products in developing countries (DCs) and countries with economies in transition (CiTs). In order to have a broad picture of the global situation, two countries were selected to represent each of four UN regions:

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