She stressed the importance of the work ahead during the week that resumes from the first segment in November with a tight agenda covering topics like the effectiveness of the Convention, the use of mercury in products and manufacturing processes, mercury releases, waste, national reporting, international cooperation, mainstreaming gender, and more. The threats to human health and the environment from mercury pollution are simply too urgent to let our deliberations wait." "This effort also extends to ensuring meaningful participation to all parties, whether in person or online, participation that is essential to the negotiations that will be taking place this week. The strong ownership of Parties can be seen in your flexibility to negotiate online last year, and now in large numbers in Bali."įrom the venue, Monika Stankiewicz, Executive Secretary of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, continued in the same line, grateful to Indonesia's government and all the preparations for the meeting. She also underlined that "Parties to this Convention have shown real commitment to fulfilling this duty. It is our duty to face this crisis with all the tools at our disposal and tackle mercury, throughout its lifecycle, through innovative actions." It is essential to tackle the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste. The Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme, Inger Andersen, highlighted in a video message that "the Minamata Convention is a powerful tool in our collective effort to rid the planet of toxic substances. He added: "Hopefully, the Minamata Convention will run smoothly and successfully, and can produce decisions that are beneficial to shape the world for the better in the new era, especially by reducing mercury, so nature and its components will be healthier and of better quality for the benefit and welfare of the global citizens." Representatives from governments, intergovernmental organizations, UN bodies, academia, and civil society participate in the plenaries, working groups, and other events.Īt the opening ceremony, the Governor of Bali Province (Indonesia), Wayan Koster, welcomed participants in Bali, a place "whose development policy is very much in line with international efforts to maintain a clean and low carbon natural environment."
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