Pursuant to decision 24/3 IV the Executive Director of UNEP developed a draft overarching framework and presented it to partners and other stakeholders at a meeting that took place from 1 to 3 April 2008 in Geneva. Following that meeting the Executive Director finalized the overarching framework and presented it to the UNEP Governing Council at its twenty-fifth session (16–20 February 2009). The Governing Council, in its decision 25/5, commended the Global Mercury Partnership as a vehicle for immediate action on mercury and welcomed the creation of the overarching framework.