RT null T1 Minamata Convention on Mercury - Text and Annexes T2 مؤتمر المفوضين المعني باتفاقية ميناماتا بشأن الزئبق: النص والمرفقات T2 关于汞的水俣公约: 正文和附件 T2 Convention de Minamata sur le mercure: Texte et annexes T2 МИНАМАТСКАЯ КОНВЕНЦИЯ О РТУТИ: ТЕКСТ И ПРИЛОЖЕНИЯ T2 Convenio de Minamata sobre el mercurio: Texto y Anexos A1 United Nations Environment Programme, K1 mercury K1 mercury contamination K1 emission inventory K1 environmental agreement K1 Mercury YR 2019 FD 2019 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/33123 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/33123 NO The objective of the Convention is to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds and it sets out a range of measures to meet that objective. These include measures to control the supply and trade of mercury, including setting limitations on specific sources of mercury such as primary mining, and to control mercury-added products and manufacturing processes in which mercury or mercury compounds are used, as well as artisanal and small scale gold mining. The text of the Convention includes separate articles on emissions and releases of mercury, with controls directed at reducing levels of mercury while allowing flexibility to accommodate national development plans. In addition, it contains measures on the environmentally sound interim storage of mercury and on mercury wastes, as well as contaminated sites. Provision is made in the text for financial and technical support to developing countries and countries with economies in transition, and a financial mechanism for the provision of adequate, predictable and timely financial resources is defined. DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 22, 2026