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On Tuesday, INC5 delegates met in plenary in the morning and afternoon, to address: information exchange; research, development and monitoring; reporting; health aspects; implementation plans; treaty objective; relationships with other agreements; definitions; institutional arrangements; final provisions; and compliance/implementation committee.
The contact group on selected technical articles and a Friends of the Co-Chairs group on technical assistance and technology transfer met throughout the day. A technical group on emissions thresholds met in the morning, with the contact group on emissions and releases reconvening in the afternoon and continuing its work into the night. Following a “Swiss break,” a new contact group on health aspects and implementation plans convened in the evening.
Notwithstanding "rain, sleet or snow," participants head to the INC5 negotiations at the CICG.
Joslyn Mckenzie, Guyana
L-R: Rada Al-Mohamedi and Maha Al-Hammadi, Qatar
Jean-Claude Emene, Democratic Republic of Congo
L-R: Tim Kasten, UNEP; INC Chair Fernando Lugris, Uruguay; Jacob Duer, INC Team Coordinator, UNEP; Masa Nagai, UNEP
Contact Group on Selected Technical Articles Co-Chair Donald Hannah, New Zealand
Contact Group on Emissions and Releases Co-Chair John Roberts, UK
L-R: Contact Group on Technology Transfer Co-Chair Gillian Guthrie, Jamaica, in discussion with Henrik Eriksen, Norway
Delegates from the US consulting
L-R: Jacob Duer, INC Team Coordinator, UNEP, consulting with Masa Nagai, UNEP
Muhammad Ashraf, Pakistan
Samar Khalil, Lebanon
Vaitoti Tupa, Cook Islands
Marta Sentí, Cuba
Janet Kern, Coalition for Mercury-free Drugs (CoMed)
Osvaldo Álvarez-Pérez, Chile
L-R: Harald Flohr, Susanne Hempen and Marcus Schroeder, Germany
L-R: Beng Pausing, Juan Miguel Cuna and Ging Valles, the Philippines
Contact Group on Selected Technical Articles
L-R: Co-Chairs Abiola Olanipekun, Nigeria and Donald Hannah, New Zealand
Contact group snowman ... discussion heat indicator?
Contact group session on selected technical articles
Contact Group on Emissions and Releases
L-R: Contact Group Co-Chairs Abdulkadir Jailani, Indonesia and John Roberts, UK
Contact group session on emissions and releases
INC 5Snapshots
Participants consulting with Leonor Alvarado, SAICM Secretariat (center)
Delegates from Indonesia consulting with UNITAR
L-R: Osvaldo Alvarez-Pérez, Chile and Oludayo Dada, Nigeria
L-R: Hemsing Hurrynag, Development Indian Ocean Network; Domique Bally, Jeune Volontaire pour l'Environnement (JVE), Côte D'Ivoire; and Marie Grossman, World Alliance for Mercury-free Dentistry
L-R: Pierre Larose; Anita Tibau; Boyd Haley; David Kennedy; and David Simone, International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology
Photos from the Swiss Break
Franz Perrez, Switzerland, was given a surprise birthday cake during the Swiss Break at INC 5.
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