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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Mercury Treaty: Seize Chance to Sign at UN Event

Governments should make an urgent commitment to protect people from the harmful effects of mercury by signing and ratifying the new Minamata Convention on Mercury, Human Rights Watch said today, on the eve of a high-level UN event about the treaty. The Minamata Convention, adopted in October 2013, obliges governments to reduce mercury use and emissions globally and is an important tool to protect the right to health.

“Governments should seize the moment and sign the mercury convention now,” said Juliane Kippenberg, senior children’s rights researcher at Human Rights Watch. “They should make a firm commitment to protect people and environment from the poisonous and even deadly effects of mercury.”
http://foreignaffairs.co.nz/2014/12/10/mercury-treaty-seize-chance-to-sign-at-un-event/

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