Events

The 17th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP) will take place in Hyberabad, India, from 4 to 9 October 2026.

This year theme is "Reaching Ten Years of Enforcement of the Minamata Convention: Achievements, Challenges and Road Map for the Future".

The sixth meeting of the Eliminating Mercury Skin Lightening Products project stakeholders group tool place online on Monday 15 June 2026..

The side event took place on Friday 5 June 2026, from 13h30 to 14h30 in the Zircon room as part of the Eigth Global Environment Facility (GEF) Assembly in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

Theme: Leaving No One Behind: Civil Society, Women, and Indigenous Peoples

The fifth meeting of the Eliminating Mercury Skin Lightening Products project stakeholders group took place online on Thursday 26 March 2026.

On 26–27 February 2026, representatives from governments, international organizations, research institutions and civil society gathered in Panama City, Panama, for the Closing Global Workshop of the GEF 10810 Project Eliminating Mercury Skin-Lightening Products. Organized by PAHO in coordination with UNEP, WHO, BRI, and the Governments of Jamaica and Panama, the event marked the culmination of four years of collaborative action to address the health and environmental risks posed by mercury-added skin-lightening products.

Panel discussion and film screening special event of the Sixth Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury

This event was organized by the International Geneva Global Health Platform, Global Health Centre, Geneva Graduate Institute, and co-hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme; Global Mercury Partnership; World Health Organization; Biodiversity Research Institute; and the Global Environment Facility.

As part of the Sixth Conference of the Parties (COP6) of the Minamata Convention, the Global Mercury Partnership together with the World Health Organization, the Biodiversity Research Institute and Zero Mercury Group, are organised an event on Wednesday 5 November at the Centre International de Conferences, Geneva, Switzerland.

In the margins of Minamata COP-6 a powerful photographic exhibition is on display on the lakeshore of Geneva, from 27 October to 16 November 2025.

The fourth meeting of the Eliminating Mercury Skin Lightening Products project stakeholders group took place online on Thursday 18 September 2025.

The GEF-funded, UNEP-led project “Eliminating Mercury Skin Lightening Products” is being implemented in collaboration with the Governments of Gabon, Jamaica, and Sri Lanka, with support from the World Health Organization and the Biodiversity Research Institute. The project aims to address the serious health and environmental risks posed by mercury-added skin lightening products.