RT null T1 How eliminating skin-lightening products containing mercury helps counter racial discrimination - International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination 2025 [Latest news from the Global Mercury Partnership - April 2025] A1 United Nations Environment Programme, K1 racial discrimination K1 mercury YR 2025 FD 2025-03 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/47294 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/47294 NO As the world observes the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 21 March 2025, the United Nations Environment Programme, the Secretariat of the Minamata Convention and the Secretariat of the Global Mercury Partnership, are releasing a set of messages for public use and engagement that highlight the urgent need to stop the production and use of skin-lightening products containing mercury and other hazardous substances. NO https://www.unep.org/globalmercurypartnership DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 22, 2026