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First Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Prepare a Global Legally Binding Instrument on Mercury (INC1)

7-11 June 2010 | Stockholm, Sweden

Highlights for Sunday, 6 June 2010

The UNEP Chemicals team during the opening of the technical briefing, L-R: Brenda Koekkoek,
Per Bakken, and David Piper.

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6 June- 7 June- 8 June- 9 June- 10 June- 11 June

TECHNICAL BRIEFING

On Sunday morning, participants gathered for a technical briefing and heard presentations on: mercury in products and processes; mercury storage and waste; mercury and mining; and the Paragraph 29 Study and mercury emissions from coal.

Please return to this page on Monday, 7 June for coverage of INC1.

Delegates during the half-day session.

Mercury in products and processes

Carolyn Vickers, World Health Organization

Brenda Koekkoek, UNEP Chemicals

Y.R. Sing, Alkali Manufacturers' Association of India

Mercury storage and waste

Desiree Narvaez, UNEP Chemicals

Sven Hagemann, Gesellschaft fur Anlagen-und Reaktorsicherheit mbH

John Holmes, Integrating Knowledge to Inform Mercury Policy

Ibrahim Shafii, Basel Convention Secretariat

Mercury and mining

Susan Keane, Natural Resources Defense Council

Benjamin Davies, International Council on Mining & Metals

Ludovic Bernaudat, UN Industrial Development Organization

Paragraph 29 Study and mercury emissions from coal

Gunnar Futsaeter, UNEP

Gregory Scott, South African Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism

Lesley Sloss, IEA Clean Coal Center

John Munthe, Swedish Environment Research Institute

Scenes from the first day

Delegates registering for the conference.

Miscelleneous

Participants during the Stockholm Marathon held on Saturday, 5 June 2010.

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6 June- 7 June- 8 June- 9 June- 10 June- 11 June

Related Links

UNEP resources

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Meeting documents

Annotated agenda

Scenario note

Technical Briefing Session in Preparation for INC1, 6 June 2010, Stockholm, Sweden

IISD RS resources

IISD RS brefing note of the Ad-hoc Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) to Prepare for the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Mercury, 19-23 October 2009, Bangkok, Thailand (English: HTML - PDF)

IISD RS coverage of the Twenty-fifth Session of the UNEP Governing Council/ Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC-25/GMEF), 16-20 February 2009, Nairobi, Kenya

IISD RS coverage of the Second Meeting of the Ad Hoc OEWG to Review and Assess Measures to Address the Global Issue of Mercury, 6-10 October 2008, UNEP headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

IISD RS coverage of the First Meeting of the Ad Hoc OEWG to Review and Assess Measures to Address the Global Issue of Mercury, 12-16 November 2007, Bangkok, Thailand

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