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On Wednesday, INC5 delegates met in plenary in the morning to hear reports from the contact and other small groups, and in the afternoon to hear high-level remarks, including by UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner and Swiss Minister of the Environment Doris Leuthard. Switzerland, Japan and Norway pledged interim financial support for the instrument. Contact groups met throughout the day on: selected technical articles; finance, technical assistance and technology transfer; emissions and releases; and articles of a legal nature. A “Friends of Health” informal group also met throughout the day. Another “Swiss Break” was held in the evening.
L-R: Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director, in conversation with Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard, Head of the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy, and Communications of Switzerland.
Plenary
Delegates from Iran consulting
Marie Alice Limage, Haiti
Atsushi Suginaka, Japan
Amit Narang, India
L-R: Juan Miguel Cuna, the Philippines, in a discussion with Mohamed Hassan Al Zaer, Saudi Arabia
Contact Group on Selected Technical Articles Co-Chair Abiola Olanipekun, Nigeria
Legal Group Co-Chair Susan Biniaz, US
Contact Group on Finance, Technical Assistance and Technology Transfer Co-Chair Gillian Guthrie, Jamaica
L-R: Nina von Buren; Thuvarama Vivekanantharajam; and Gabi Eigenmann, Switzerland
L-R: Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director; Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard, Head of the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy, and Communications of Switzerland; Tim Kasten, UNEP; INC Chair Fernando Lugris, Uruguay; Jacob Duer, INC Team Coordinator, UNEP; and Masa Nagai, UNEP
Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director
INC Chair Fernando Lugris, Uruguay, holding the chocolate reminder to conclude the negotiations.
Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard, Head of the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy, and Communications of Switzerland
Chocolate incentive to conclude the negotiations distributed to all delegates in plenary.
Ryutaro Yatsu, Japan
Henrik Eriksen, Norway
Amb. Evan Garcia, the Philippines
L-R: Co-Chairs Abiola Olanipekun, Nigeria and Donald Hannah, New Zealand, with Sheila Logan, UNEP
Contact group session on selected technical articles
Contact Group on Articles of a Legal Nature
Co-Chairs Jimena Nieto, Colombia and Anne Daniel, Canada
Contact Group session on articles of a legal nature
INC5 Snapshots
Intenational POPs Elimination Network (IPEN) Fish Action to raise awareness on mercury pollution.
L-R: Jim Willis, Executive Secretary of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, with Nick Nutall, UNEP
Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Prepare a Global Legally Binding Instrument on Mercury (INC5)
