China working group: tech and policies

After tough negotiations, the United Nations Environmental Program reached an agreement on the text of an international mercury convention during its latest session, held from Jan 13 to 18 in Geneva.

After UNEP initiated negations in 2010, the international organization officially listed mercury as one of its global environmental protection priorities.

Five sessions of intergovernmental talks were organized in the three years since 2010 to draft a global convention on the control of mercury.