Heavy Metals
activities to address metals of high density, including cadmium, mercury, lead, and arsenic, all of which appear in the World Health Organisation’s list of 10 chemicals of major public concern; the Minamata Convention is a global legally binding instrument on mercury.
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Events
SEE MOREMinamata Convention COP-6
3-7 November 2025
Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland[tentative]
16th meeting of the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP)
21-26 July 2024
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
19th Annual General Meeting of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development
7-9 November 2023
Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Minamata Convention COP-5
30 October - 3 November 2023
Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 2023
22-28 October 2023
worldwide
Fifth Meeting of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5)
23-29 September 2023
Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany