a Special Briefing on the 4th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury, taking place virtually

Event page: https://www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/events/special-briefing-on-the-4th-meeting-of-the-conference-of-the-parties-to-the-minamata-convention-on-mercury-minamata-online/

This is a special briefing on the fourth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-4), organized within the framework of the Geneva Environment Network and the Minamata Online series.

The Minamata Convention is the newest treaty among the global multilateral environmental agreements. It entered into force on 16 August 2017, and has to this date, 124 parties.  COP-4, scheduled to take place from 1 to 5 November 2021, in Bali, Indonesia, will be the Convention first biennial COP and another milestone to continue its efforts to address the global issues of mercury and promote the implementation of the Convention.

Speakers

• Rosa Vivien Ratnawati | Director General, Solid Waste, Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Substances Management, Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Indonesia | COP-4 President

• H.E. Amb. Franz Perrez | Ambassador for the Environment, Switzerland

• H.E. Amb. Miriam Shearman | Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the UK to the UN and other International Organizations

• Monika MACDEVETTE | Head, Chemicals and Health Branch, UN Environment Programme

• Monika Stankiewicz | Executive Secretary, Minamata Convention Secretariat

• Claudia Ten Have | Senior Policy Coordination Officer, Minamata Convention Secretariat

• Eisaku Toda | Senior Programme Management Officer, Minamata Convention Secretariat

Registration

This event will take  take place virtually, kindly register directly on the Webex platform.

Details and links available at  http://tiny.cc/GEN3nov