Yemen

Overview: Yemen has developed a preliminary national mercury inventory in 2008. Yemen has no any specific provision dealing with safe and sound management and use of either products/equipment containing mercury or mercury compounds nor other specific chemicals. Existing legislation is focused on the overall management of chemicals particularly related to pesticides and waste management. 

Minamata Initial Assessment

Implementing Agency

UNIDO

STUCKI, Jerome (J.STUCKI@unido.org)

Executing Agency

UNITAR

Mr. Oliver Wootton (Email: oliver.wootton@unitar.org)

Role of UNITAR

Executing agency

Ratification Dossier

Donor

Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) of Switzerland

Project execution

UNITAR

Status:

Complete

Contact

Mr. Oliver Wootton (Email: oliver.wootton@unitar.org)