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NEWS ON THE MINAMATA CONVENTION ON MERCURY TREATY 5 countries ratify and 16 sign the Minamata Convention at 2014 Treaty eventThe high-level special event - “The Minamata Convention on Mercury: Towards its early entry into force and effective implementation” - witnessed three States agreeing to become Parties to the Minamata Convention and an additional 15 States signing the treaty. In addition, two more States joined the Convention and three signed it since UN Treaty Event started on 23 September 2014. The Governments of Djibouti, Gabon, Guyana, Monaco and Uruguay have joined the United States as the first six future Parties to the Convention. The United States had joined the Convention last November. An additional 18 countries, bringing to the total number to 120, used this occasion to sign the Convention, namely: Belarus, Cameroon, Croatia, Cyprus, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Latvia, Liberia, Malaysia, Monaco, Montenegro, Poland, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic and Turkey.
Posted on: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 16:13:03 +0000

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