IPEN and CAP
Honoring Minamata Campaign at INC4

By Takeshi Yasuma (Citizens Against Chemicals Pollution (CACP))
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/kagaku/pico/
掲載日：2012年6月30日
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http://www.ne.jp/asahi/kagaku/pico/mercury/IPEN/INC4/IPEN_INC4_Minamata_Campaign_en.html
Honoring Minamata: 27 June, 2012
IPEN started the day by handing out postcards that were created with Japanese Participating Organization Citizens Against Chemicals Pollution (CACP), and which featured a quote from Shinobu Sakamoto from the Minamata Disease Mutual Aid Society / Minamata Disease Victims' Mutual Aid Society. These cards were handed to meeting delegates as they entered the opening session to remind them of the serious, unresolved mercury issues that still remain in Minamata, Japan, as well as the importance of the negotiations on human and environmental health.
(From IPEN Webpage Global-Free Campaign / INC4)

Photo By John Wickens/IPEN
Photos by W. Eugene Smith and Aileen M. Smith c Aileen M. Smith


In an effort to elevate awareness and show solidarity with the Minamata community, IPEN produced several hundred orange and blue ribbons for delegates to wear at INC2, with guidance from Minamata colleagues. The blue represents the seaside community of Minamata, which depends on the sea for its livelihood, and the orange represents the warning signs. The orange-colored “no fishing” signs were posted to warn the Minamata community of dangerous mercury levels in the water.
From IPEN Webpage IPEN's Minamata page

Photos By Jindrich Petrlik（Arnika Association