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Annex 3: Guidance from INC6 (November 2014) and GEF Response Source Guidance GEF Response Report of the intergovernmental negotiating committee to prepare a global legally binding instrument on mercury on the work of its sixth session, Annex III Request the Global Environment Facility to apply the following eligibility criteria in providing financial support to developing countries and countries with economies in transition for activities under the Minamata Convention on Mercury: Eligibility criteria (a) Parties to the Convention; (b) Signatories to the Convention in undertaking activities, particularly enabling activities, to facilitate early implementation and ratification of the Convention; (c) Non-signatories to the Convention, for enabling activities, provided that any such State is taking meaningful steps towards becoming a Party as evidenced by a letter from the relevant minister to the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme and to the Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility. The GEF Council approved new eligibility criteria in January 2015. The GEF Secretariat also circulated this revision of criteria among the GEF Agencies in February 2015. The Interim Minamata Convention Secretariat shared the template of the letter to be submitted from on their meaningful steps towards becoming a Party. Based on the new criteria, Botswana, Namibia and Papua New Guinea submitted the letters. Their MIAs were approved accordingly. Report of the intergovernmental negotiating committee to prepare a global legally binding instrument on mercury on the work of its sixth session, Annex III Request the Global Environment Facility to consider the following activities when providing financial resources to developing countries and countries with economies in transition: (a) Enabling activities as outlined in the Initial Guidelines for Enabling Activities for the Minamata Convention on Mercury of the Global Environment Facility, particularly Minamata Convention initial assessment activities and national action plans for artisanal and The GEF-6 Chemicals and Waste Strategy has two strategic objectives to meet the goals of eliminating harmful chemicals and waste. As for mercury, two programs support the activities requested by the INC6; Program 2 to support enabling activities and promote their integration into national budgets and planning processes, national and sector policies and actions and global monitoring, and Program 4 for reduction or elimination of anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury to the environment. The GEF has programmed $141 million for mercury projects under these two programs of