UNITAR/MVOTMA Project

Ratification and early implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury in Uruguay

“Ratification and early implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury in Uruguay”.

 

This project aims to strengthen national capacities to prepare a dossier for ratification of the Minamata Convention, as well as to identify priority areas and activities for implementation.

Main activities:

  • High-level briefings with decision-makers and presentation of the ratification dossier to parliament.
  • Workshop with international experts on waste stabilization with mercury, to analyze the possibility of applying stabilization of waste from the chlorine-soda industry.
  • Design and implementation of a pilot project for waste stabilization with mercury.
  • Share lessons learned.