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Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Prepare a Global Legally Binding Instrument on Mercury (INC5)
13-18 January 2013 | Geneva, Switzerland
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The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to prepare a global legally binding instrument on mercury (INC5) will be held from 13-18 January 2013, in Geneva, Switzerland.
This is scheduled to be the final of the series of INC meetings that were to convene prior to the 27th session of the UN Environment Programme Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (UNEP GC-27/GMEF), to be held from 18-22 February 2013, in Nairobi, Kenya, with a view to adopting the international treaty at a diplomatic conference to be held in Minamata, Japan, in October 2013.
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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
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