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COP5: Mercury treaty makes progress on dental mercury, falls short on ending threats from toxic waste

International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) advocates from around the world at the Fifth Conference of the Parties (COP5) of the Minamata Convention on Mercury...

Minamata Convention COP5 commences as Africa Group amendment proposal gets support

The Fifth Conference of the Parties (COP5) to the Minamata Convention on Mercury commenced on Monday October 30, 2023, in Geneva, Switzerland. Primed to...

Minamata Convention celebrates ‘decade of global commitment’ amid COP5 preparation

Ten years ago, on October 10, 2013, the international community took a key step forward by signing the Minamata Convention on Mercury. This multilateral...

Minamata Convention secretary pays tribute in visit to Minamata Bay

Executive Secretary of the Minamata Convention, Monika Stankiewicz, in late August 2023, embarked on a journey to Minamata Bay in Japan, aimed at strengthening...

Group lauds Philippines for third-year implementation of mercury convention

“After three years since the Philippines ratified the Minamata Convention on Mercury, we have seen the development and issuance of several policies to regulate...

Group urges enforcement of phase-out deadline on mercury-containing dental amalgam

Environmental watchdog group, BAN Toxics, has called the attention of regulators to enforce the phase-out deadline on the use of mercury in dental restorative...

Stakeholders clamour urgent action to end dental amalgam use in Nigeria

Ahead of the approaching September 28 date that Children’s Amendment will enter into force, stakeholders in the environment and health sectors have called for...

Africa region commended for galvanising efforts to end mercury lighting

The Zero Mercury Working Group and the Clean Lighting Coalition has commended the Africa Region for proposing an amendment to phase out all the...

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Oyo alerts residents to weather outlook, flood prevention

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UNCCD COP17: Desertification summit to focus on healthy land for resilience, stability, prosperity

Five months ahead of the seventeenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP17), Mongolia and the United Nations Convention...

Powering Nigeria’s future: A review of ministers since 1999 and today’s reform agenda

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