The Second Meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) to Review and Assess Measures to Address the Global Issue of Mercury convened for its fourth day on Thursday, 9 October 2008. During the morning, delegates discussed capacity building and financing, and, during the morning and afternoon addressed common elements of a mercury framework. Delegates also exchanged initial views on the draft report to the GC. REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT OF OPTIONS FOR ENHANCED VOLUNTARY MEASURES AND NEW OR EXISTING INTERNATIONAL LEGAL INSTRUMENTS Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UNEP, addressed the OEWG and urged delegates to avoid sending recommendations containing “either/or” options to the GC. He highlighted the “principle of sufficient consensus” and underscored the potential to agree on a time-bound, targeted and financed global...
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