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HOW TO JOIN THE GLOBAL

MERCURY PARTNERSHIP

To become a partner, interested entities or individuals should sub-

mit a letter to UNEP signifying their support for the UNEP Global

Mercury Partnership and their commitment to achieving its goal.

They should specify how they will contribute to meeting the goal ofthe UNEP Global Mercury Partnership.

Such letters should be submitted to:

Head, UNEP Chemicals Branch, DTIE

11-13, Chemin des Anmones

CH-1219 ChatelaineGeneva, Switzerland

Fax:(+41 (22) 797 3460

E-mail:[email protected]

In submitting this letter, UNEP asks partners to complete a regis-

tration form. Participation to the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership

i e nme y UNEP ug ee nmain. Yu e-

ter of support will be posted on the UNEP Chemicals Website.

Further information on joining the partnership can be found:

www.chem.unep.ch/MERCURY/Secr-Specic-Infrmain/new_parnership.h

As of 1st June 2010, there are 69 partners.

PARTNERS OF THE GLOBAL MERCURY PARTNERSHIP

(as of 1 June 2010)

Governments

Burkina Fas, Cambdia, Canada, Germany, Ialy, Liberia, Mada-

gascar, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Philippines, Swierland, Syrian Arab

Republic, Unied Saes f America.

INtERGovERNMENtAL oRGANIzAtIoNS

Basel Cnenin, Eurpean Cmmissin, Unied Nains Indusrial

Deelpmen organiain (UNIDo), Wrld Healh organiain (WHo).

NoN GovERNMENtAL oRGANIzAtIoNS

Asciacin Argenina de Mdics pr el Medi Ambiene (AAMMA),

Assciain fr Respnsible Mining (ARM -Clmbia), Arisanal

Gld Cuncil, Balifkus, Ban txics, BiDiersiy Research Insiue,

Blacksmih Insiue, Cenre pur lEnirnmen e le Delpmen

RDC, Cenre de Recherche e dEducain pur le Delppemen

(CREPD- Camern), Day Hspial Insiue fr Deelpmen andRehabiliain (DHIDR Egyp), Earhwrks, Enirnmenal Healh

Cuncil, Grup Parques Nacinales Panama, Healh Care Wihu

Harm (HCWH), Inernainal PoPs Eliminain Newrk (IPEN),

Inernainal Sciey f Dcrs fr Enirnmen (ISDE), Infrmer

Sensibiliser Eduquer sur les Plluans organiques Persisans en Ce

dIre (ISE-PoPS-CI), Inernainal Unin f Gesciences - Inerna-

inal Cmmissin n Gesciences fr Enirnmenal Managemen

(IUGS-GEM), Kyrgy Mining Assciain, Naural Resurces Defense

Cuncil (NRDC), Plluin Cnrl Assciain f Liberia (PCA), Pllu-

in Prbe, Pr-Bidiersiy Cnserainiss in Uganda (PRoBICUo),

Respnsible Jewellery Cuncil, the Mney Sne, Uganda Newrk n

txic Free Malaria Cnrl (UNEtMAC), Wrld Chlrine Cuncil, WrldDenal Federain, Wrld Medical Assciain, zer Mercury Wrking

Grup, z Enirnmen Newrk.

otHERS

ARCADIS US Inc., Deparmen f txiclgy Faculy f Chemical Sci-

ence and Pharmacy (USAC), Enirnmenal visual Ariss, Gelgical

Surey f Denmark and Greenland, Gelgical Surey USA, Illinis In -

siue f technlgy Herek L. Clack, IEA-Clean Cal Cenre, Insiue

fr Cmbusin Science and Enirnmenal technlgy a Wesern

Kenucky Uniersiy (ICSEt), Macquarie Uniersiy, Mine Research,

Niksa Energy Assciaes LLC, oIKoN-Insiue fr Applied Eclgy,

Peerless Green Iniiaies, Sang-Jn Y, Sae Key Labrary f

Cal Cmbusin-Huahng Uniersiy f Sciences and technlgy,transparence S.A., tsinghua Uniersiy, tv theinland Immissins-

schu und Energiesyseme GmbH, vseen Cnsuling GmbH.

totAL: 69 Parners

UNEP PromotEs sUstaiNablE dEvEloPmENt by catalysiNg

vital global actioNs aNd bUildiNg NatioNal caPacity

for thE soUNd maNagEmENt of chEmicals throUgh

iNformatioN ExchaNgE, traiNiNg, aNd caPacity bUildiNg.

UNEP chEmicals ProvidEs sEcrEtariat sUPPort to thE

UNEP global mErcUry PartNErshiP aNd thE NEgotiatioNs

for thE global lEgally biNdiNg iNstrUmENt oN mErcUry.

ENqUiriEs aNd Editorial corrEsPoNdENcE

shoUld bE sENt to thE hEad, UNEP chEmicals.

UNEP dtiE chEmicals braNch, mEtals tEam

iNtErNatioNal ENviroNmENt hoUsE

11-13, chEmiN dEs aNmoNEs, ch-1219 chtElaiNE,

gENEva, switzErlaNd

PhoNE: (+41 22) 917 83 34 - fax (+41 22) 797 34 60

E-mail: [email protected]

wEb: www.chEm.UNEP.ch/mErcUry

SURPLUS MERCURY ESTIMATES

The following estimates are available for surplus mercury during the period 2010-50:

EU: from various sources including 7,400 tonnes* from chlor-alkali plants

USA: 5,600 metric tons already in long term storage; 900 total metric tons of mercury remain-

ing 4 U.S. chlor-alkali facilities; 90 metric tons per year from recycled products and waste and

decreasing over time; 100 metric tons per year from mercury by-product from gold mining.

Eastern Europe & Central Asia (non-EU): 2,300-11,000 tonnes** (2011-2050)

AsiaPacic:5,500-7,500tonnes**(2027-2050)

Latin America and Caribbean: 2,000-8,000 tonnes** (2013-2050)

* Source: GRS estimates

** Source: UNEP commissioned Assessment Reports on Mercury Excess Supply, 2010-2050

MErcUrY INvENtorY toolkIt

Funded by the Government of Denmark, the Mercury Inventory Toolkit has recently been

updated based on experiences in using it. The update includes:

A eised and simpied esin f he i (Ineny ee 1).

New and simpied guidane is pided, as we as auain speadshees and a

reporting template.

A revised Toolkit Reference Report, with newly developed default emission factors.

A data gathering document developed by UNITAR.

This update is now posted on our website in English.


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The rst session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating

Committee (INC1) will be held in Stockholm, Sweden,

from 7-11 June 2010.

Atechnicalbriengwillbe heldonSunday6June2010

from9.00a.m.to12.30p.m.Thebriengwillbeconduct-

edinEnglishwithinterpretationintotheofcialUnited

Nations languages.

Much of the information covered during the technical

brieng reects activities and information generated

through the Global Mercury Partnership. This publication

includes an insert that provide abstracts of the material to

bepresentedatthetechnicalbrieng.

Thebriengwillallowtheopportunitytopresentinforma-

tion that may be relevant to the INC and build upon the

information sessions held at the ad hoc open-ended

working group (OEWG) meeting in Bangkok in October

2009. Summaries of OEWG discussions are included in

INC document UNEP (DTIE)/Hg/INC.1/INF2.

Thetopicstobecoveredatthetechnicalbrienginclude:

- Mercur y in products and processes

- Mercury storage & waste

- Mercury and mining

- Paragraph 29 study and mercury emissions from coal

A number of other partnership related documents have

been submitted to the INC for information. These include

a report on activities within the Global Mercury Partner-

ship, an announcement of a Global Forum on Artisanal

and Small-Scale Gold Mining and an update on activities

related to mercury supply and the environmentally sound

storage of mercury.

AboUt thE UNEPGlobAl MErcUrY

PARTNERSHIP

The UNEP Global Mercury

Partnership is a voluntaryinitiative where government,

non-government, public and

private entities have agreed to

work together in a systematic

way to achieve the goal of the

Partnership. The overall goal

is to protect human health

and the global environment

from the release of mercury

and its compounds by mini-

mizing and, where feasible,

ultimately eliminating global

anthropogenic mercury re-

leases to air, water and land.

The UNEP Global Mercury

Partnership complements

and supports the implemen-

tation of UNEP Governing

Council Decision 25/5.

The partnership areas spread

across all major sectors of

mercury related work.

thEsE bEiNg:

Business plans for the part-

nership areas are availableat:

WWW.UNEP.ORG/

HAzARDOUSSUBSTANCES

ArtIsANAl ANd sMAll scAlE Gold MINING;

coAl coMbUstIoN;

MErcUrY IN ProdUcts;

MErcUrY cEll chlor-AlkAlI ProdUctIoN;

MErcUrY AIr trANsPort ANd fAtE rEsEArch;

MErcUrY wAstE MANAGEMENt;

MErcUrY sUPPlY ANd storAGE (NEw APrIl 2009).

A new look for he websie of he Global Mercury Parnership is being launched wihin he main UNEPwebsie. Please visi hp://www.unep.org/ and follow he Harmful Subsances heme.

the second meeing of he Parnership Advisor y Group (PAG) will ake place in Geneva

during he week of 20 Sepember 2010. the PAG funcions and responsibiliies

include: encouraging he work of he parnership areas, communicaing overarching

issues and lessons learn and reporing on aciviies underaken hus far.

Meeing maerials will be available on he UNEP websie by 1 Augus 2010.

UNEP dtiE chEmicals braNch

chEmicals braNch, divisioN of tEchNology, iNdUstry aNd EcoNomics

UNitEd NatioNs ENviroNmENt ProgrammE

GlobAl MErcUrY PArtNErshIP NEwslEttEr

June 2010NO 2

The Partnership at INC1


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A number of activities are underway to assist the

strengthening of national level capacity to address

ASGM and encourage the development of na-

tional strategic plans.

The Strategic Approach to the

International Chemicals Manage-

ment (SAICM) Quick Start Pro-

gramme is funding two regional

strategic planning projects that are

underway, one in Asia and the other

in South America:

The inception meeting for the Asia proj-

ect was held in the Philippines from 19-21

January 2010. For this project, the Philippinesand Cambodia are developing national ASGM strategic

plans. The meeting reviewed the current situation and

identiedgapsintechnical,legalandinstitutionalas -

pects of ASGM. The meetings report is available on the

UNEP website. Towards the end of 2010, all

ASGM countries in the region will be invit-

ed to a conclusion meeting where the

two countries will present the plans

they have developed and lessons

learned will be discussed.

The Latin American SAICM Stra-

tegic Planning Workshop will

take place in

La Pa, Bolivia.

Participating coun-

tries include Peru and Boliviawith possible participation from

Colombia and Ecuador.

A regional awareness raising workshop was hosted

in Mali from 8-10 December 2010 funded by the U.S.,

Finland and UNIDO. Workshop results are available on

the UNEP website. Follow-up strategic planning activi-

ties are under development.

A regional workshop will be held in Nigeria in

November 2010, funded by the U.S. The purpose is to

raise awareness about the health and environmental risks

of ASGM and to begin the development of national

strategic plans.

Under the coal partnership area, UNEP has initiated the pro-

ject, Reducing Mercury Emissions from Coal Combustion

in the Energy Sector. Activities will improve the knowledge

ofmercuryemissionsanditscontrolfromcoal-redpower

plants. China, Russia, South Africa and India are participa-

ting in this project. The project is funded by the EU.

Substantial information on the coal-red power sector

has been collected in Russia, China and South Africa.

A series of tests were recently completed to improve

the knowledge of mercury emissions and

control from coal-red power plants in

South Africa and Russia. UNEP was

supported by the U.S. EPA, which

performed the measurements using

the EPAs Mercury Monitoring

Toolkit, a portable sampling and

analysis system. The toolkit can

directly measure and analye mer-

curyemissionsinuegas(i.e.,stack

emissions), and determine the mer-cury content in various types of coal and

inyandbottomash.Thistoolkitallowsfora

rapid on-site analysis of mercury samples.

The data collected from the toolkit are being used to cal-

culate mercury emission factors and mass balances from

coal-redboilers,andwillcontributetothedevelopmentof

country-specicandglobalmercuryemissioninventories.

UNEP is also being supported by the U.S. Geological

Survey,whichwillanalyzecoalandyash

samples from the tested Russian and

South African power plants. This

information will help inform the

work of the INC.

In cooperation with the U.S.

EPA, UNEP is supporting 2 pro-

jects at two power plants in Rus-

sia. These projects demonstrate

how mercury capture could be im-proved in coal-red power plants

based on existing control technologies.

The studies will provide information on mercury

control in plants, and could be applied to other countries

with similar technologies.

FAIRTRADE AND FAIRMINED GOLD STANDARDS

The Fairtrade Labeling Organiation (FLO) and the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) have cre-

ated a historic partnership for gold from artisanal and small scale miners by launching Fairtrade

andFairminedgoldstandards.Thisistherstthirdpartyindependentcerticationforgoldtobring

aboutsocial,environmentalandeconomicbenetsinASGMcommunities.

ThecerticationwillbecommunicatedonproductsusingboththeFairtradeandFairminedmarks.TheoverallobjectiveofthisstandardistopromotetheformalizationoftheASGMsector,

alongwithimprovedworkingconditionsforproducers,fairermarketaccess,genderequality,progressiveeliminationofchildlaborinmining,benetstolocalcommunitiesinmineralrich

ecosystems, improved environmental management and improved governance to this sector.

This year, pilot projects will be established in Africa and Asia. The brand will be initially launched in the United Kingdom and from there expand

to other countries, aiming to capture 5% of the market over a 15 year period. More information on this standard can be found at:

www.fairtrade.net/leadmin/user_upload/content/2009/standards/documents/Gold_Standard_Mar2010_EN.pdf

Mercury Watch is a

publicly available database

dedicated to collecting, analying,

and sharing information about mercury

released to the environment with a focus

on ASGM. The database is available

at: http://www.mercurywatch.

org/default.aspx

A guidance tool has been

developed to help determine the

best option to address mercury emis-

sionreductionneedsfromcoalredpower

plants. The guidance is intended to support

plant managers and governments in their deci-

sionmakingprocesses.Thedocumentwillbe-

nalized by the end of 2010 and is available for

those that are interested. Please contact

[email protected] for copies of thedocument.

Global Forum on ASGM November 2010

I is widely recgnied ha ASGM is a cmplex glbal deelpmen issue - an infrmal

ecnmy - ha presens challenges and deelpmen ppruniies in many cunries and

regins arund he wrld. UNEP and is parners will cnene a glbal frum n issues

relaed arisanal and small scale gld mining (ASGM) fr plicy and decisin makers in

Nember 2010. Deails will be released by 1 Augus 2010.

the bjecies f he frum are :

Reiew he ASGM issue and raise awareness;

Pride an ppruniy fr exchange f experiences in addressing ASGM a he nai -

nal leel, including echnical, scial, legal and enfrcemen issues;

Srenghen he ASGM parnership.

Fr furher infrmain, please refer INF dcumen, UNEP (DtIE)/Hg/INC.1/INF11.

Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) - ASGM National Strategic Planning

Reduction of Mercury Releases from Coal Combustion


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Mercury Cnaining Prducs

EFFICIENt LIGHtING FoR DEvELoPING AND EMERGING CoUNtRIES ( EN.LIGHtEN)

En.ien i UNEP iniiive une y e gEf E fun, osram gh,

Piip liin n e fen Envinen n Eney mneen aeny

(adEmE). te jeive e ine e n enen piie,

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tainable energy efcient lighting technologies.

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pvie eni uieine n e envin-

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The Global Market Transformation for Efcient Lighting Project consists of

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A Centre of Excellence on Efcient Lighting composed of top experts and

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ye. a ui-kee wkp wi ke pe in oe 2010.

me ei: Gustavo Maez Gomis, Project Manager - E-mail: [email protected]

DENtAL AMALGAM PRoJECt

Dental amalgams contain about 50% mercury. Globally, around 300 metric tons of mer-

cury are consumed annually for dental purposes. Although information on pathways and

end-uses of dental mercury is limited, it is estimated that about two thirds of the mercur y

ends up in the environment.

In November 2009, WHO conducted a consultation on future dental re-

storative materials, co-sponsored by UNEP. The aim was to provide a

platformforsharingscienticinformationandcountryexperiences

about the use of alternative restorative materials and to raise

awareness of the mercury negotiation process.

Priority actions included: the promotion of a preventative model

and alternatives to amalgam, the consideration of mercury re-leases throughout the life cycle of dental amalgam and aware-

ness raising of the global mercury issue.

WHO is considering the development of global guidelines. The next

WHO-UNEP Experts Consultation will be scheduled in the coming months.

For further information contact [email protected]

Thisnewpartnershipareawasestablishedattherstmeet-

ing of the Global Mercury Partnership Advisory Group held in

April 2009. The next steps are: to encourage further progress

on regional storage projects to promote funding opportuni-

ties, develop a business plan, and seek new partners, includ-

ing a government partner to serve as lead or co-lead.

Funded by the Government of Norway, UNEP Chemicals has

initiatedregionalstorageprojectsintheAsiaPacic,Latin

American and Caribbean regions, to assess mercury surplusand to consider options available for long term storage of

mercury in these regions. The Latin American and Caribbean

(LAC) Mercury Storage Project Regional Consultation meet-

ing took place in Panama City, Panama from 14-15 April

2010. This meeting provided a platform for presenting and

discussing the draft, Options Analysis for the Safe Long Term

Storage of Mercury in the LAC Region prepared by the Labo-

ratorio Tecnolgico del Uruguay (LATU).

Update on activities related to mercury supply and the envi-

ronmentally sound storage of mercury is available to the INC

as UNEP (DTIE)/Hg/INC.1/INF 10.

The second face-to-face meeting of the waste part-

nership area was hosted by the Government of Ja-

pan and took place in Tokyo on 9-10 March 2010.

The updated business plan and the draft BAT/

BEP Guidelines will be available soon. The mee-ting report and all presentations are available at:

www.chem.unep.ch/mercury/Sector-Specic-In-

formation/Waste_management(4).htm

meu a tnp n fe ree Pnep aeThis partnership area provides valuable contributions to several international frameworks.

For example, it contributed to the Task Force on Hemispheric Transport of Air Pollutants (TF HTAP),

which is part of the UNECE-LRTAP convention. TF HTAP is developing a mercury assessment report,

whichwillbemadeavailableinitsnaldraftinJuly2010.Thepartnershipalsocontributedtothe

developmentofave-yearresearchprojectcalledGlobalMercuryObservationSystem(GMOS),

which is part of the EU 7th Framework Programme for Research and Development. GMOS aims to

support the development of a legally binding instrument on mercury by monitoring mercury levels in

the environment. The project was approved for funding and will likely start on 1 November 2010.

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