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IDENTIFYING
POSSIBLE PARTNERSHIP AREAS
As a first step in the
process of successfully implementing such partnerships to address mercury
pollution and in accordance with decision 23/9 IV, Governments,
particularly of developing countries and countries with economies in
transition, were invited in a letter of 20 May 2005 to identify, in consultation with stakeholders,
priority partnership areas as soon as possible, with the goal of
identifying a set of pilot partnerships by 1 September 2005.
The following
information has been received from Governments and other stakeholders
regarding possible partnership areas and progress reports relating to
established partnerships:
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GOVERNMENTS |
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Australia:
Letter dated 6th September 2005
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Bangladesh:
Proposal of Department of Environment to identify partnership areas to address
lead, cadmium and mercury pollution in accordance with Decision 23/9 III & 23/0 IV
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Burkina Faso:
Letter
dated 18th August 2005
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Canada:
Governing Council Decision 23/9 IV:
establishment of partnerships
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Czech
Republic: Letter
dated 26th
July 2005 |
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Guatemala:
Priorización para la reducción de las liberaciones de mercurio en
Guatemala |
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India:
Email dated 14th September 2005
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Iraq:
The contamination
with mercury and finding the alternatives |
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Japan: Letter
dated 31st August 2005 |
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Madagascar: Letter
dated 9th August 2005 |
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Mexico:
Letter dated 19th September 2005
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Palestine:
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Republic of
Moldova:
Letter dated
30th August 2005 |
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Senegal:
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Syrian
Arab Republic:
Letter dated 30th
August 2005 |
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Trinidad and
Tobago:
Letter
dated 5th September 2005 |
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United Republic of
Tanzania: Summary
of priority areas of partnership for Tanzania |
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United
States of America:
Identification of Mercury Pilot Partnerships
Funding for
partnership activities - letter of 23 May 2006
“Global Partnership for Mercury Reductions in the Chlor-alkali
Sector”
- Informal Consultation
on the “Global Partnership for Mercury Reductions in the Chlor-alkali
Sector”, Portland, Maine, May 25, 2005
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Progress
report as of December 2005 (draft): Any comments or updates on the
information contained in the progress report are welcomed - please send
it directly to the contact address given in the report itself.
- Visit of Russian
specialists to three European chlor-alkali production plants, 12-19
February 2006 - Report
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See
also World Chlorine Council: Mercury Stewardship
Workshop below.
“Global Partnership for Mercury Reductions in Products”
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Informal
Consultation on the "Global Partnership for Mercury Reductions in Products",
Portland, Maine, May 25, 2005
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“CEC-Americas
Workshop to Reduce Mercury Use in Products”,
Merida, Yucatan, Mexico,
February 21-23, 2006
“Global Partnership
for Mercury Management in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining”
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Meeting
on the “Global Partnership
for Mercury Management in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining”,
Washington D.C, June 15, 2005
"Global Partnership for Mercury Air Transport and Fate
Research"-
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