Ghana


Overview: The main use of mercury in Ghana is gold processing by legal and illegal smal scale gold miners. It can also be found in health care products, such as thermometers and valves, in the textile industry, and in electrical appliances, such as lamps, batteries and switching devices. 


Minamata Initial Assessment

Implementing Agency

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Contact person: Paolo DALLA STELLA (Email: paolo.d.stella@undp.org)

Executing Agency

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

Contact person: Nelson MANDA (Email: Nelson.MANDA@unitar.org)

Status:

Complete

Role of UNITAR

Executing agency


Ratification Dossier

Donor

Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) of Switzerland

Project execution

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

Status:

Complete

Contact

Contact Person: Angela GUILLEMOT (Email: Angela.GUILLEMOT@unitar.org)


Events