Presentations include: Overview of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership; Overview of current knowledge on mercury in skin-lightening products; Mercury Skin Lightening Products and Health; Mercury exposure associated with use of skin lightening products in Jamaica; Dangerous, mercury-laden and often illegal skin-lightening products; Mercury-Added Skin Lightening Products: Implementation and Enforcement Issues; Inter-ministerial collaboration and commitment to eliminate mercury in skin-lightening products; Regional cooperation and commitment towards protecting human health and environment from pollution of mercury containing cosmetics and related products: NEMA-Uganda's perspective.