The GEN is at 6th meeting of Eliminating Mercury Skin Lightening Products project stakeholder group, sharing updates & connecting the project with global stakeholders & actions across the cosmetics sector.
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Providing an overview of @minamataconvention.bsky.social decisions on phase-out of mercury-added cosmetics, Eisaku Toda reminds all: deadline for parties to submit info on challenges in implementing obligations regarding mercury-added cosmetics is 30 June.
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Big thanks to the Effectiveness Evaluation Group and its co-chairs Kateřina Šebková & Linroy Christian for their continued work & commitment at their ninth meeting (10-11 June).
The outcome of the first #MinamataConvention evaluation will be considered at #MinamataCOP7 in 2027.
🔜 #MinamataOnline session on: upcoming deadlines and events in preparation for #MinamataCOP7
Today Tuesday 16 June (13h00-14h00 CEST)
📍 Join the #WebEx webinar: bit.ly/MO16JUN26
📺 Or watch on #YouTubeLive: youtube.com/live/Bd_GeiS...
Great news: @unep.org & @thegef.bsky.social have kicked off the US$23.5 million Global Chemicals Monitoring Programme (GCMP), a global initiative to strengthen monitoring of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and #mercury.
Learn more: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
Next week: @unep.org GMP webinar "Sixth meeting of the Eliminating Mercury Skin Lightening Products project stakeholder group".
Elimination of #mercury in cosmetics is a key agenda item for #MinamataCOP7 next year.
🗓️ 15 June (14:30-15:30 CET)
➡️ Register: www.unep.org/globalmercur...
On the occasion of the #MinamataOnline session held this week in preparation for #MinamataCOP7, Marie-Claire Lhenry, COP-7 President (France), visited the offices of the #MinamataConvention Secretariat.
Webinar presentations & video recording: minamataconvention.org/en/events/up...
Next week: #MinamataOnline on "Upcoming deadlines and events in preparation for #MinamataCOP7"
Opening remarks by Marie-Claire Lhenry, President of COP-7 (France), and Executive Secretary Monika Stankiewicz.
🗓️ Tuesday 16 June (13h00-14h00 CEST)
➡️ bit.ly/MO16JUN26
On #WorldOceansDay, to #reimagine our relationship with the ocean is to move from isolated efforts to aligned action.
Learn more about #mercury releases, their impact on ocean health & how we can work together: minamataconvention.org/en/resources...
w/ @unep.org @unoceandecade.bsky.social
GENeva Environment Network
GENeva Environment Network
In our June newsletter: the Secretariat’s participation in the @thegef.bsky.social's #GEFAssembly2026 & #GEFcouncil71, our #MinamataOnline session in preparation for #MinamataCOP7, & meetings on environmental financing & #mercury trafficking cooperation.
Read here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/gef-as...
Minamata Convention on Mercury
Minamata Convention on Mercury
Minamata Convention on Mercury
Minamata Convention on Mercury
Minamata Convention on Mercury
Minamata Convention on Mercury
Minamata Convention on Mercury
Minamata Convention on Mercury
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) have officially kicked off a US$ 23.5 million Global Chemicals Monitoring Programme (GCMP). The initiative is designed to ...
