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Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Prepare a Global Legally-binding Instrument on Mercury (INC4)

27 June - 2 July 2012 | Punta del este, Uruguay

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Highlights for Saturday, 30 June 2012
The Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Prepare a Global Legally-binding Instrument on Mercury (INC4) met in Plenary to hear reports from contact groups, and to discuss: how to regulate trade and supply of mercury products; final provisions of the treaty; institutional arrangements; health aspects; and national implementation plans. Contact groups met throughout the day and into the night to discuss finance and technical assistance, products and processes, implementation and compliance, emissions and releases, and supply and international trade. A "Swiss Break" was held in the evening.
A view of Punta del Este (photo courtesy of UNEP.)
Tuomas Kuokkanen, Finland, and Jimena Nieto, Colombia, Co-Chairs of the contact group on implementation and compliance
Plenary
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Tim Kasten, UNEP, INC Chair Fernando Lugris, Uruguay, Sheila Logan, UNEP, and Masa Nagai, UNEP, during morning Plenary.
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Felipe Ferreira, Brazil
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Barry Reville, Australia
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David J. Lennett, Zero Mercury Working Group
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Susan Biniaz,USA
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Marta L. Gabrieloni, Argentina
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Juliane Kippenberg, Human Rights Watch
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Hossain Shahriar, IPEN
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Danika Littlechild, International Indian Treaty Council

Contact Groups
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Johanna Peitz, Sweden, and Felipe Ferreira, Brazil, Co-Chairs of the contact group on financial resources and technical assistance
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A'isha Usman Mahmood, Nigeria
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 Gabi Eigenmann, Switzerland
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Karel Blaha, Czech Republic, and Abdullah Al-Rasheed, Saudi Arabia, Co-Chairs of the contact group on trade and supply, with Brenda Koekkoek and Sheila Logan, UNEP
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Gernot Schnabl, EU
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Wang Zuguang, China
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Participants in the contact group on implementation and compliance
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Claudia Vasquez Marazzani, Colombia
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Anne Daniel, Canada
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Barry Reville, Australia, and David Kapindula, Zambia, Co-Chairs of the contact group on products and processes
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EU delegates conferring
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Representatives of the US reviewing text

Around the Venue
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Representatives of a Swiss Colony in Uruguay entertained INC4 participants during a two-hour break in negotiations organized by the Swiss delegation.
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Related Links
UNEP resources
*Meeting website
*Meeting documents
*Information for delegates
*Intersessional work on financial resources and technical and implementation assistance
*Annotated provisional agenda
*Scenario note for INC-4
*Revised draft text for a comprehensive and suitable approach to a global legally binding instrument on mercury

IISD RS resources
IISD RS summary and analysis of the Third Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Prepare a Global Legally Binding Instrument on Mercury (INC3), 31 October - 4 November 2011, UNEP headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF) (Spanish: HTML - PDF)
*IISD RS coverage of the Twenty-sixth Session of the UNEP Governing Council/ Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC-26/GMEF), 21-24 February 2011, UNEP Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya
IISD RS summary and analysis of the Second Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Prepare a Global Legally Binding Instrument on Mercury (INC2), 24-28 January 2011, Chiba, Japan (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF) (Spanish: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS summary and analysis of the First Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Prepare a Global Legally Binding Instrument on 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 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
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