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The concept note and draft agenda English / Spanish

The Kyrgyz Republic operates, in the town of Khaidarkan, the last primary mercury mine known to export mercury to the global market-place. It represents approximately 10% of the global mercury market. Generating new primary mercury is considered by the international community as the least preferred source of mercury supply, and action to assist the Kyrgyz Republic to transition away from primary mining has been recognized as a priority.

The meeting was aimed at gaining a better understanding and role clarification on the mercury storage and disposal project objectives, design, outputs and outcome. The project aims to promote the environmentally sound storage and disposal of surplus mercury in Mexico and in Panama. The main outcome of the project is a national action plan on mercury storage and disposal in Mexico and Panama.

Bringing together all relevant stakeholders, the workshop assessed the situation and existing challenges to the management of mercury in the region. The purpose was to explore environmentally sound solutions. It provided a forum for knowledge sharing and aimed to inform mercury management authorities and experts.

Conclusions

Regarding the sound environmental management of mercury, the following conclusion were made:

The Asia-Pacific Mercury Storage Project Execom Meeting took place in Surabaya, Indonesia from 29 - 30 July, 2011. The objectives were to provide governments and stakeholders a clear set of findings and recommendations that will help form a basis for a decision on a safe mercury storage option from the final draft options analysis study and to identify the next steps.

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An inception workshop took place in Montevideo, Uruguay in June 2011.

Concept note and agenda

The meeting was held in Panama City, Panama, on 14-15 April 2010.

The LAC Mercury Storage Project Regional Consultation meeting was a platform for presenting the final draft of the "Options Analysis for the Safe Long Term Storage of Mercury in the LAC Region" prepared by the Laboratorio Tecnológico del Uruguay (LATU). The annexes to this document are now availalbe.

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Concept note: English Spanish

The workshop took place in Bangkok, Thailand, from 4-5 March 2009. The Asian mercury storage project inception workshop aimed to reduce the eventual supply of mercury to the biosphere by initiating a regional process that will support the sequestration of excess mercury in the Asian region. The workshop was successful in the delivery of its objectives.

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