Intergovernmental Negotiation Committee meeting (INC 6) on Mercury

The Africa Hub provided 3 technical experts on policy, legal and economic matters to the African Group of Negotiators (AGN) on Mercury to reinforce their negotiation capacity during INC 6 at Bangkok, Thailand from 2-7 November 2014. Participants from all Member States of the AU attended. The Pre-COP meeting and other consultations held by the experts and AGNs resulted in refined common position and better negotiation strategy for Africa. Report and recommendations from the meeting showed a better prepared AGN and a better strategy for negotiations and a proposal for sustainable negotiation technique for Africa from one of the experts. Participants from all AU Member States called for continuous support of the same nature from the AUC.