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1.Takes note of the relationship between the Minamata Convention on Mercury and the Basel Convention, in particular regarding the environmentally sound management of mercury wastes;
2.Decides to include the updating of the technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of elemental mercury and wastes containing or contaminated with mercury in the work programme of the Open-ended Working Group for 2014–2015;
3.Invites parties to consider serving as lead country for the updating of the technical guidelines and to inform the Secretariat of their willingness to do so by 30 June 2013;
4.Invites parties and others to nominate experts to participate in the small intersessional working group established by decision IX/15 and to inform the Secretariat of their nominations by 30 June 2013;
5.Requests the lead country or, if there is no lead country, the Secretariat, in consultation with the small intersessional working group and subject to the availability of funding, to prepare draft updated technical guidelines for publication on the Convention website by 31 December 2013;
6.Invites parties and others to submit comments on the draft updated technical guidelines to the lead country, if one is selected, and to the Secretariat, by 31 March 2014;
7.Requests the lead country or, if there is no lead country, the Secretariat, in consultation with the small intersessional working group and subject to the availability of funding, to prepare revised draft updated technical guidelines, taking into account the comments referred to in paragraph 6 above, for consideration by the Open‑ended Working Group at its ninth meeting;