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Global
Mercury Assessment report
drafting process
As
part of the implementation of Governing Council decision 21/5, UNEP
established a Working Group to assist in the technical review and
finalization of the global mercury assessment report to be considered by
the Governing Council at its next session in September 2003. After
a first review by correspondence (1st draft of 25 April 2002), a meeting of the Working Group would
be organized to
finalize the revised draft assessment report (revised draft of 17 July
2002). This meeting took place in Geneva, Switzerland from 9 to
13-September 2002.
The
Working Group reviewed the draft assessment report during the meeting
and agreed to a number of changes and additions. The
Working Group agreed to a process to finalize the assessment report
and requested the secretariat to circulate the revised version of the
draft report by 4 October 2002 to members of the Working Group.
It was agreed that members would be given three to four weeks
to comment on that revised version and submit their comments to the
secretariat by 1 November 2002.
The secretariat would in light of any additional comments
finalize the report and submit it to the Governing Council in December
together with the key findings of the assessment. The final
version of the document is available below.  Final
assessment report and appendix
Comments
received on the revised draft of 4 October 2002
Revised
draft assessment report of 4 October 2002, incorporating changes agreed on by the
Working
Group at its meeting 9-13 September 2002,
and circulated to members of the Working
Group
for limited review
Comments
received on the revised draft of 17 July 2002
Revised
draft assessment report of 17 July 2002 for consideration by the Working Group at its
meeting
9-13
September 2002
Comments
received on the 1st draft of 25 April 2002
Circulation
of the 1st draft of the assessment report of 25 April 2002 to Working Group
members
for comments
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