Envi group prods government to ratify Minamata Convention 0 SHARES Share it! “We strongly believe that our country is ready, willing and able to ratify and implement the provisions of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, which the government signed six years ago on October 10, 2013,” said Thony Dizon, Chemical Safety Campaigner of Quezon City based EcoWaste Coalition. “As a matter of fact, our country has already achieved a number of policy and regulatory milestones to control, if not eliminate, mercury pollution from human activities,” he added. “We therefore request the Duterte government to ratify the treaty and to secure the necessary concurrence by the Senate,” he insisted. The third meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury, or COP3, will take place in Geneva, Switzerland from November 25 to 29 this year.

Source: Manila Bulletin October 01, 2019 07:18 UTC