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June 11th, 2010
On the final day of the first negotiating meeting of the UNEP INC, 11 June 2010, it has been announced that the new instrument currently under construction with the explicit aim and reducing or eliminating global use of mercury has been named the Minamata Convention.
Prof David Pyle
Dr Murray Gardner
Dr John Holmes, Dr Mel Witt,
Dr Tamsin Mather,
Dr Mike Roberts (Defra),
Dr Lesley Sloss (IEA CCC),
Dr Warren Corns (PS Analytical)
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