Minamata Convention on Mercury

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:treaty
gptkbp:adoptedBy 2013
gptkbp:depot gptkb:Secretary-General_of_the_United_Nations
gptkbp:enteredIntoForce 16 August 2017
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Minamata Convention on Mercury
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Minamata,_Japan
gptkbp:negotiated_under gptkb:United_Nations_Environment_Programme
gptkbp:party 147
gptkbp:phases_out existing mercury mines
gptkbp:prohibits new mercury mines
gptkbp:purpose protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds
gptkbp:regulates mercury trade
mercury use in processes
mercury use in products
gptkbp:requires management of mercury waste
safe storage of mercury
control of emissions
control of releases
reduction of mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining
gptkbp:secretariat gptkb:Geneva,_Switzerland
gptkbp:signedBy 128
gptkbp:subject mercury pollution
gptkbp:website https://www.mercuryconvention.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:UNEP
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4