WGprep1 - Bangkok, 19 to 23 October 2009

The meeting of the ad hoc open-ended working group to prepare for the intergovernmental negotiating committee on mercury was held from 19 to 23 October 2009 at the UNESCAP facilities in Bangkok, Thailand.

During the working group meeting, information sessions provided opportunities to discuss certain provisions to be considered by the intergovernmental negotiating committee in developing a global legal instrument on mercury.

Parallel meetings on Mercury Supply and Mercury Storage were held on Sunday, 18 October 2009 at the UNESCAP facilities.