Submissions from civil society

Information made available to the third session of the intergovernmental negotiating committee:

Submission from the Zero Mercury Working Group (ZMWG):

• ZMWG Preliminary position on the INC 3 draft text (EN), AR, FR and Japanese
• Abridged version of ZMWG Preliminary position on the INC 3 draft text (EN), FR

Submission from the International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN):

• IPEN Initial Views on the Draft Mercury Treaty Text, September 2011 (EN), AR, CH, ES, FR, RU & Japanese

Submission from Human Rights Watch:

• Protecting Child and Adult Gold Miners against Mercury: A Right to Health Issue, Submission on the Global Legally Binding Instrument on Mercury (EN), AR, ES & FR

 Submission from International Society of Doctors for the Environment (ISDE):

• Though starter: Health Elements to Consider in the UNEP Negotiation Process on Mercury

Submission from Médecins sans Frontières:

• Statement by Médecins sans Frontières

Submission from PATH:

• Letter to Fernando Lugris
• Letter from Chris Elias regarding the safety of thiomersal in vaccines
• Summary of relevant science regarding the safety of thiomersal

Submission from the Coalition for Mercury-free Drugs (CoMeD)

• A Reconsideration of Fact: A Direct Response to the US Submission "Scientific Information Regarding the Use of Thimerosal As a Preservative in Vaccines"& Cover letter to Fernando Lugris 
• Compendium of Documents against Thimerosal in Vaccines, Mercury in Drugs, and Mercury-Silver-Amalgam Dental Fillings
• The viability of using non-mercury preservatives in vaccines (EN), ES, FR

Submission from the Coalition for SafeMinds:

• Comprehensive literature review of recent science regarding thimerosal
• Further information on vaccinations; An open letter to delegates and governments

Submission from the European Lamp Companies Federation (ELC)

• Submission to INC3 

Submission from the United Methodist Women:

Information made available to the second session of the intergovernmental negotiating committee:

Submission from the Zero Mercury Working Group (ZMWG):

• ZMWG Comments on the UNEP INC2 draft elements paper 
• ZMWG Summary comments
• Briefing papers for INC2:
  •     Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining
  •     Continuing emissions monitoring Systems for Mercury
  •     Global Mercruy Supply
  •     Mercury in VCM and PCV production
  •     Mercury in Products
  •     Mercury in Chlor-alkali plants
  •     Reducing Mercury content in energy efficient lamps

Submission from the Natural Resources Defense Council:

• Evaluating Mercury Control Technologies for Coal Power Plants
• Natural Gas Sector as a Significant Source of Mercury Supply and Emissions

 Submission from the International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN):

• IPEN Views on the mercury INC2 elements document (EN), AR, CH, ES, FR, RU
• IPEN Letter to delegates prior to INC2 (EN), AR, CH, ES, FR, RU
• NGO Introduction to Mercury Pollution (EN), AR, ES, RU 

Submission from the European Lamp Companies Federation (ELC)

• Submission to INC2
  

Information made available to the first session of the intergovernmental negotiating committee:

Submission from the Zero Mercury Working Group (ZMWG):

• ZMWG Proposed partial conceptual text for a global mercury treaty, Draft, March 2010 (EN), AR, CH, ES, FR, RU, and JP, PT
• ZMWG Thought-starter on artisanal and small scale gold mining (ASGM), June 2010 (EN), ES
• ZMWG Framework for a mercury treaty, June 2010 (EN)

 Submission from the International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN):

• IPEN Views on a global mercury treaty, June 2010 (EN), AR, CH, ES, FR, RU and BAHASA, CZ, JP, PT
• IPEN Views, Brief statement, June 2010 (EN), AR, CH, ES, FR, RU
• IPEN Letter to delegates prior to INC1
• IPEN Chart with samples of mercury-contaminated fish of worldwide origin