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12:15am: Plenary expected to reconvene at 1:30am.
9:30pm: Plenary reconvened at 7:17pm. Co-Chair Hannah reported that the contact group on selected technical articles had completed its work, emphasizing the phase-out of primary mercury mining as a “major outcome,” as well as significant concessions in reaching agreement on phased-out and phase-down dates for products and processes. He also noted the need for high-level political discussion on imports of mercury or mercury compounds. Co-Chair Roberts reported on the completion of the work of the contact group on emissions and releases, with certain brackets remaining for consideration by plenary.
Chair Lugris drew attention to: unresolved issues in the preamble and in relation to financial issues and compliance; and ongoing consultations on national implementation plans. Underscoring the need for quick progress on financial issues and compliance, Nigeria, with the Russian Federation, Japan, Iran and Iraq, suggested that Chair Lugris, with the relevant contact groups’ Co-Chairs, draft compromise text for consideration by plenary. Chair Lugris announced that plenary will reconvene at 11:00 pm.
6:00pm: Plenary expected to reconvene at 7:00pm.
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2:30pm: On Friday, plenary convened at midday. Co-Chair Nieto reported that the contact group on articles of a legal nature was continuing work on compliance. Co-Chair Hannah reported that the contact group on selected technical articles was working on a package on articles 3 (supply sources and trade), 6 (mercury-added products) and 7 (processes).
Co-Chair Sebkova noted that some brackets remain pending in the article on national implementation plans, due to links with negotiations in other groups, including on finance. Co-Chair Jailani reported on the contact group on emissions and releases, noting continued work on articles 10 (emissions) and 11 (releases), and agreement to reflect in the meeting record the African Group’s proposal to add open burning of waste among sources of emissions of mercury and its compounds into the atmosphere, rather than to include it in the relevant annex.
Delegates provisionally adopted articles 2 (definitions), 8 (exemptions available to a party upon request) with some brackets, 12 (environmentally sound interim storage of mercury, other than waste mercury), 13 (mercury wastes), 16 (capacity building, technical assistance and technology transfer), 20 bis (health aspects) and annex F (list of point sources of emissions of mercury and mercury compounds to the atmosphere).
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Meeting resources
 Meeting website
Meeting documents
Meeting provisional annotated agenda
Scenario note
Notes from Bureau meetings
Chair’s draft text
Draft elements of the final act to be adopted at the anticipated
diplomatic conference
Information for participants
IISD RS resources
IISD RS coverage of Mercury INC4, 27 June - 2 July 2012, Punta del Este, Uruguay
IISD RS coverage of the UNEP Twelfth Special Session of the Governing Council (GCSS)/ GMEF, 27 June - 2 July 2012, Punta del Este, Uruguay
IISD RS summary and analysis of Mercury INC3, 31 October - 4 November 2011, UNEP headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF) (Spanish: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of UNEP GC-26/GMEF, 21-24 February 2011, UNEP Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya
IISD RS summary and analysis of Mercury INC2, 24-28 January 2011, Chiba, Japan (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF) (Spanish: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS summary and analysis of Mercury INC1, 7-11 June 2010, Stockholm, Sweden (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF) (Spanish: HTML - PDF)
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 (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of UNEP GC-25/GMEF, 16-20 February 2009, UNEP Headquarters, 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
IISD RS chemicals management page
IISD RS coverage of UNEP GC meetings
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Chemicals and Wastes Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of International Activities Adressing Chemicals and Wastes Policy
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Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Prepare a Global Legally Binding Instrument on Mercury (INC5)
