Ms Leslie Hoo Fung was selected as a member of the Group of Technical Experts on Waste Thresholds to be Established Pursuant to Paragraph 2 of Article 11 of the Minamata Convention on Mercury. The group's intercessional work is in support of the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP3) held in November 2019. Matters for consideration included mercury added compounds and manufacturing processes in which mercury and mercury compounds are used; releases of mercury; mercury wastes, and particularly the consideration of waste thresholds; and guidance on management of contaminated sites. Jamaica ratified the Minamata Convention in 2017. Ms Hoo Fung is also the Chief Scientific Investigator for the Coordinated Research Project ‘Use of Nuclear Analytical and related techniques for authentication of High-Value Jamaican Commodities’.