Minamata Convention on Mercury

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United Nations treaty international treaty multilateral environmental agreement

The Minamata Convention on Mercury is a global environmental treaty that aims to protect human health and the environment by controlling and reducing mercury use, emissions, and releases worldwide.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Minamata Convention on Mercury canonical	11
Minamata Convention	1
Minamata Convention on Mercury framework	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations treaty ⓘ international treaty ⓘ multilateral environmental agreement ⓘ
addresses	mercury emissions from cement production ⓘ mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants ⓘ mercury emissions from industrial boilers ⓘ mercury emissions from non-ferrous metal smelters ⓘ mercury emissions from waste incineration ⓘ
adoptedAt	Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan ⓘ
adoptedOn	2013-10-10 ⓘ
aimsTo	protect human health from anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds ⓘ protect the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds ⓘ
annexCount	5 annexes ⓘ
articleCount	35 articles ⓘ
concludedUnderAuspicesOf	United Nations Environment Programme ⓘ
depositary	Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn	2017-08-16 ⓘ
establishes	Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention ⓘ Implementation and Compliance Committee of the Minamata Convention ⓘ
financialMechanismIncludes	Global Environment Facility ⓘ Specific International Programme to Support Capacity-Building and Technical Assistance ⓘ
fullName	Minamata Convention on Mercury self-link ⓘ
geographicalScope	global ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus	legally binding ⓘ
namedAfter	Minamata disease ⓘ Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan ⓘ surface form: Minamata, Japan
openedForSignatureOn	2013-10-10 ⓘ
phasesOut	existing primary mercury mining within a specified period ⓘ
prohibits	new primary mercury mining ⓘ
providesFor	financial mechanism for implementation ⓘ information exchange ⓘ public awareness and education on mercury risks ⓘ technical assistance and capacity-building ⓘ
regulates	artisanal and small-scale gold mining using mercury ⓘ interim storage of mercury ⓘ mercury waste management ⓘ
relatedTo	Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal ⓘ Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade ⓘ Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants ⓘ
requires	control of industrial emissions of mercury to air ⓘ control of mercury supply and trade ⓘ control of releases of mercury to land and water ⓘ phase-down of dental amalgam ⓘ phase-out of certain mercury-added products ⓘ
shortName	Minamata Convention on Mercury self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Minamata Convention
subject	hazardous chemicals management ⓘ mercury pollution ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Nations Environment Programme → supportsTreaty → Minamata Convention on Mercury ⓘ

Minamata Convention on Mercury → fullName → Minamata Convention on Mercury self-link ⓘ

Minamata Convention on Mercury → shortName → Minamata Convention on Mercury self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Minamata Convention

Global Environment Facility → isFinancialMechanismFor → Minamata Convention on Mercury ⓘ

Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan → inspired → Minamata Convention on Mercury ⓘ

Minamata disease → relatedInternationalInstrument → Minamata Convention on Mercury ⓘ

Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention → governs → Minamata Convention on Mercury ⓘ

Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention → legalBasis → Minamata Convention on Mercury ⓘ

Implementation and Compliance Committee of the Minamata Convention → partOf → Minamata Convention on Mercury ⓘ

Implementation and Compliance Committee of the Minamata Convention → establishedUnder → Minamata Convention on Mercury ⓘ

Implementation and Compliance Committee of the Minamata Convention → supportsObjectiveOf → Minamata Convention on Mercury ⓘ

Specific International Programme to Support Capacity-Building and Technical Assistance → supportsImplementationOf → Minamata Convention on Mercury ⓘ

Specific International Programme to Support Capacity-Building and Technical Assistance → operatesUnder → Minamata Convention on Mercury ⓘ

this entity surface form: Minamata Convention on Mercury framework