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".

Within the framework of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) project on dental amalgam, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) organised a regional workshop in Montevideo on March 4 and 5, 2026.

Ahead of the Sixth Conference of the Parties (COP6) of the Minamata Convention, the Global Mercury Partnership, its areas of work on mercury in products and waste management together with the World Health Organization are organising an online side-event scheduled on Tuesday 14 October 2025 11:00 to 12:00 CEST.

The webinar Regional Experience in Implementing the Minamata Convention: Progress Towards Reducing or Eliminating Dental Amalgam and Responsibly Managing Its Waste took place online with simultaneous interpretation in Spanish, English and Portuguese,  on 1 October 2025.

The Global Mercury Partnership, its areas of work on mercury in products and waste management proposed a 90 minutes’ side event on the management of waste from mercury containing products held during the 2025 BRS COPs.

In light of recent decisions of the fourth and fifth Conferences of the Parties to the Minamata Convention (COP-4 and COP-5), efforts towards the compliance with the Convention requirements should, among others, consider health and environmental matters jointly, ensuring as well as Parties and relevant stakeholders’ engagement on key information sharing and targeted actions.

Side Event: Phasing down the use of dental amalgam: Insights from Asia, Africa and South America  - A side event during the WHO Global oral health meeting

When: Thursday 28 November, 17:00 to 18:00

Where: Bangkok, Thailand

BACKGROUND:

The Global Mercury Partnership and its two areas of work on mercury in products and waste management, in cooperation with the World Health Organization, organized a webinar on Monday 18 December 2023.

In the context of its support for the implementation of the Minamata Convention, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) has approved  the project Accelerate implementation of dental amalgam provisions and strengthen country capacities in the environmental sound management of associated wastes under the Minamata Convention, with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) respectively as implementing and executing agencies, with targeted technical assistance from the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership, and participation of three countr