Minamata Convention on Mercury

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The Minamata Convention on Mercury is a global environmental treaty that aims to protect human health and the environment by controlling and reducing mercury use, emissions, and releases worldwide.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations treaty ⓘ
international treaty ⓘ
multilateral environmental agreement ⓘ
addresses mercury emissions from cement production ⓘ
mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants ⓘ
mercury emissions from industrial boilers ⓘ
mercury emissions from non-ferrous metal smelters ⓘ
mercury emissions from waste incineration ⓘ
adoptedAt Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan ⓘ
adoptedOn 2013-10-10 ⓘ
aimsTo protect human health from anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds ⓘ
protect the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds ⓘ
annexCount 5 annexes ⓘ
articleCount 35 articles ⓘ
concludedUnderAuspicesOf United Nations Environment Programme ⓘ
depositary Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn 2017-08-16 ⓘ
establishes Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention ⓘ
Implementation and Compliance Committee of the Minamata Convention ⓘ
financialMechanismIncludes Global Environment Facility ⓘ
Specific International Programme to Support Capacity-Building and Technical Assistance ⓘ
fullName Minamata Convention on Mercury ⓘ
geographicalScope global ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus legally binding ⓘ
namedAfter Minamata disease ⓘ
Minamata, Japan ⓘ
openedForSignatureOn 2013-10-10 ⓘ
phasesOut existing primary mercury mining within a specified period ⓘ
prohibits new primary mercury mining ⓘ
providesFor financial mechanism for implementation ⓘ
information exchange ⓘ
public awareness and education on mercury risks ⓘ
technical assistance and capacity-building ⓘ
regulates artisanal and small-scale gold mining using mercury ⓘ
interim storage of mercury ⓘ
mercury waste management ⓘ
relatedTo Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal ⓘ
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade ⓘ
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants ⓘ
requires control of industrial emissions of mercury to air ⓘ
control of mercury supply and trade ⓘ
control of releases of mercury to land and water ⓘ
phase-down of dental amalgam ⓘ
phase-out of certain mercury-added products ⓘ
shortName Minamata Convention ⓘ
subject hazardous chemicals management ⓘ
mercury pollution ⓘ

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