Minamata Convention sets up in Geneva

Press releases, 30.09.2017

During the first Conference of the Parties (COP1) on Mercury, the approx. 150 participating States decided to base the Secretariat in Geneva, boosting the role of the city as center of the international environment governance

The Jet d'eau of Geneva was illuminated in the occasion of the first Conference of the Parties (COP1) to the Minamata Convention on Mercury © UN Photo / Jean-Marc Ferré

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