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Home › National Waste Management Strategy (NWMS) Final Draft › 4 Implementation › 4.10 Mechanisms to give effect to international obligations ›

4.10.5 New Mercury Convention

Submitted by admin on Wed, 2011-11-23 09:27

Negotiations on a global convention on mercury were initiated in Stockholm in June 2010 and will cover all mercury uses and emissions. It is anticipated that a legally binding treaty to control mercury pollution will be adopted.

‹ 4.10.4 The Stockholm Convention up 4.10.6 Various conventions dealing with dumping waste at sea ›
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Strategy Chapters

  • Acronyms
  • Executive Summary
  • 1. Background
  • 2 Overall approach
  • 3 Instruments
  • 4 Implementation
    • Introduction
    • Private sector
    • Civil society
    • Government
    • Co-operative governance
    • Management officers
    • Capacity building
    • Information system
    • M&E
    • Mechanisms
      • Basel Convention
      • Montreal Protocol
      • Rotterdam Convention
      • Stockholm Convention
      • Mercury Convention
      • Various conventions
      • Coordination mechanisms
      • Import and export
  • 5 Conclusion
  • Appendix One: Action Plan

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