28/11/2013

Third session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Water and Health

25 – 27 November 2013Oslo, Norway The third session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Water and Health (http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/documents/2000/wat/mp.wat.2000.1.e.pdf) to the UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) (http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/water/pdf/watercon.pdf ) took place on 25-27 November 2013 in Oslo, Norway. The event was attended by about 150 participants from different countries. The Meeting…

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10/10/2013

The Minamata Convention on Mercury Signed

The Minamata Convention on Mercury – a global, legally binding treaty opened for signature on 10 October 2013 in Kumamoto, Japan.  Armenia was among the first countries to sign the historic new international convention to reduce emissions and releases of the toxic metal into air, land and water and to phase out many products that contain mercury. Mercury is a…

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03/07/2013

Sixth meeting of the Working Group on Water and Health

03 – 04 July 2013 Geneva, Switzerland The sixth meeting of the Working Group on Water and Health of the UNECE-WHO/Europe Protocol on Water and Health (http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/documents/2000/wat/mp.wat.2000.1.e.pdf) to the UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) (http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/water/pdf/watercon.pdf ) was held on 3-4 July 2013. The main objective of the meeting was to prepare…

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27/05/2013

Sub-regional workshop to share experience in the implementation of the UNECE-WHO/Europe Protocol on Water and Health for countries of the Caucasus

27 – 28 May 2013 Tbilisi, Georgia The sub-regional workshop to share experience in the implementation of the UNECE-WHO/Europe Protocol on Water and Health (http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/documents/2000/wat/mp.wat.2000.1.e.pdf) to the UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) (http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/water/pdf/watercon.pdf ) for countries of the Caucasus was held on 27-28 May 2013 in Tbilisi, Georgia. The workshop was…

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15/05/2013

Second Meeting of the Expert Group on Monitoring Progress in Achieving Equitable Access to Water and Sanitation

15-16 May 2013 Paris, France The second meeting of the Expert Group on Monitoring Progress in Achieving Equitable Access to Water and Sanitation in the pan-European region (http://www.unece.org/env/water/2nd_expert_group_eqaccessscorecard.html) under the Protocol on Water and Health (mp.wat.2000.1.e.pdf) to the UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) (watercon.pdf) was organised in Paris on 15-16…

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10/05/2013

Sixth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention

Geneva, Switzerland, from 28 April to 10 May 2013 The sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention was held back-to-back with the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (BC COP-11), the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention (RC COP-6) and the second simultaneous extraordinary…

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13/01/2013

AWHHE Participates in Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC5) on Mercury, Geneva, Switzerland, 13-18 January 2013

Over 140 countries agreed on Minamata Convention on Mercury (the Minamata Convention), a global treaty that was designed to prevent emissions and releases of mercury. It aims at controls and reductions in a range of products, processes and industries where mercury is used, released or emitted and also requires governments to devise national plans to reduce the use of mercury…

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