Environment and Forestry Ministry general director of waste management Rosa Vivien Ratnawati, who was also the president of the fourth Conference of Parties (COP4) Minamata Convention on Mercury, chairs the plenary session of the conference at the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center, Nusa Dua, Bali, on March 25. (Courtesy of Environment and Forestry Ministry/-)

Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury have agreed to expand the list of mercury-added products to be phased out and to take the first step toward evaluating the effectiveness of the convention as the fourth Conference of Parties (COP4) concluded over the weekend.

COP4, which was held in Nusa Dua, Bali, on March 21-25, was the first such conference held outside of Geneva, Switzerland. It was preceded by online sessions conducted in November last year.

Intense negotiations extended the conference’s plenary session by a day, delaying its conclusion to Saturday, when parties failed to agree on the details of the institutional make-up of an international group tasked with evaluating the Minamata Convention.

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courtesy of THE JAKARTA POST

by A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil (The Jakarta Post)

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