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September 2007

• Advance Unedited Draft Consolidation of Decisions Adopted by the Nineteenth Meeting of the Parties
• Press Release: Combating Climate Change Given Big Confidence Boost in Canada - Governments Agree to Accelerated ‘Freeze and Phase-out” of Ozone and Climate-Damaging Chemicals at Montreal Protocol’s 20th Anniversary Celebrations
• Press Release: Ozone Treaty’s Role in Combating Climate Change Tops Environment Ministers Meeting in Canada - Two Decades of Success and Future Years of Achievement Take Centre Stage at 20th Anniversary Celebrations of Montreal Protocol (E) (F) (S)
• Speech by Achim Steiner at the Opening of the 19th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
• New Release: GEF Working to Build Momentum From Montreal Protocol For Future Global Environment Success Stories
• TEAP Final Report : Evaluations of 2007 Critical Use Nominations for Methyl Bromide and Related Matters - August 2007 - Corrigendum
• Methyl Bromide: Quarantine and Preshipment Uses
• The Secretary-General Message on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)
• 19MOP: Decision XIX/[ ]: Prevention of methyl bromide trade that is harmful to Parties operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 (E)
• 19MOP: Decision XIX/…. Terms of reference for the Scientific Assessment Panel, the Environmental Effects Assessment Panel and the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)
• 19MOP: Draft decision - Submitted by Australia (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)

August 2007

• 19MOP: List of documents
• 19MOP: Information provided by the Parties in accordance with Article7 of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer ( A ) (C) ( E ) ( F) ( R) ( S)
• 19MOP: Consolidated record of cases of stockpiling prepared in accordance with decision XVIII/17 of the Eighteenth Meeting of the Parties ( A) (C) (E) (F ) R) (S)
• Summary report of discussion at the dialogue on key future challenges facing the Montreal Protocol (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)
• 19MOP: Addendum to the Co-Chairs’ Paper with reflections on the informal consultation on the proposals to phase out HCFCs, Montreal, 28 July 2007 (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)
• 19th MOP Analysis and calculations on the various scenarios for accelerated HCFC phase out contained in the proposed adjustments of the Protocol – Submission by the Multilateral Fund Secretariat (E)
• 19th MOP: Status of ratification/accession/acceptance/approval of the agreements on the protection of the stratospheric ozone layer
• List of awardees and contests' winners: 20th Anniversary of the Montreal Protocol
• 19thMOP: Progress report on a study on the treatment of unwanted ozone depleting substances
• 19MOP: Addendum to the Issues for discussion by and information for the attention of the Nineteenth Meeting of the Parties (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)
• HCFC Informal consultations: Provisional agenda (A) (C) (E) (R) (S)
• HCFC Informal consultations: Note by the Secretariat (A) (C) (E) (R) (S)

• 19MOP: Analysis and calculations on the various scenarios for accelerated HCFC phase out contained in the proposed adjustments of the Protocol – Submission by the United States of America

• 19MOP: Analysis and calculations on the various scenarios for accelerated HCFC phase out contained in the proposed adjustments of the Protocol – Submission by the European Community

• 19MOP: Co-chairs’ consolidated issues paper on proposals for accelerated phase-out of HCFCs (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)

• Submissions on available analytical information on the proposals for an accelerated phase out of HCFCs ( European Community, United States of America)
• Country Programme and Compliance Summary Sheets (Multilateral Fund, July 2007)

• Provisional Programme for the 20th Anniversary of the Montreal Protocol Seminar (16 September 2007)

• TEAP - Report of the Task Force on HCFC Issues (With Particular Focus on the Impact of the Clean Development Mechanism) and Emissions Reduction Benefits Arising from Earlier HCFC Phase-Out and Other Practical Measures - Response to Decision XVIII/12

• 19th MOP: Report of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol to the Nineteenth Meeting of the Parties (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)
• TEAP Final Report : Evaluations of 2007 Critical Use Nominations for Methyl Bromide and Related Matters - August 2007

• 2007 International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

July 2007

• Final report of the 27th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)

• E-Forum on the Draft Montreal Declaration

• 19th MOP: For press and media enquiries before and during the 19th Meeting of the Parties, please contact Nick Nuttall, Spokesperson of the United Nations Environment Programme (telephone: +25420 7623084; mobile in Kenya: +254 (0) 733 632755, mobile when travelling: + 1 514 244 9093, e-mail nick.nuttall@unep.org) JOURNALIST ACCREDITATION
• Advance copy of the Report of the 38th Meeting of the Implementation Committee under the Non-compliance procedure for the Montreal Protocol (E)
• 19MOP: Annotated Provisional Agenda (A) (C) (E ) (F) (R) (S)
• 19MOP: Issues for discussion by and information for the attention of the Nineteenth Meeting of the Parties (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)
• HCFCs: Submissions on available analytical information on the proposals for an accelerated phase out
• 19MOP: Information Note for the Participants (Annex A, Annex B)

 

• USEPA Best of the Best Awards Dinner - September 19th, 2007
• Information from Environment Canada on 20th Anniversary Celebrations and the 19th MOP    (French)
• 19MOP: Online Pre-Registration Form
• 19MOP: List of Hotels in Montreal
• 2006 Environmental Effects Assessment - Frequently Asked Questions ( FAQs)

June 2007

• 19MOP: Draft decisions and proposed adjustments (UNEP/OzL.Pro.19/3) (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)
• 19th MOP: Financial Report on the trust funds for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer for the first Year of the biennium 2006–2007 and expenditures for 2006 as compared to the approved budgets - Report of the Secretariat (UNEP/OzL.Pro.19/5/Add.1) (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)
• 19th MOP: Revised approved 2007 and proposed 2008 and 2009 budgets of the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer - Note by the Secretariat (UNEP/OzL.Pro.19/5) (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)

• 19th MOP: Provisioanl agenda (UNEP/OzL.Pro.19/1) (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)

• Provisional overview of the programme for the Nineteenth Meeting of the Parties and associated meetings (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)

May 2007

• Information on the 19th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol and Associated Meetings and Events

• Dialogue on key future challenges faced by the Montreal Protocol: Comments from the European Union and European Community on key challenges to be faced by the Parties in protecting the ozone layer over the next decade
• Additional information on transport and hotels for participants to the Montreal Protocol-related meetings taking place in Nairobi next June
• "Celebrating 20 Years of Progress in 2007" brochure issued by the Ozone Secretariat on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Montreal Protocol (A) (E)
• 27th OEWG: Report of the Executive Committee on the progress made in reducing emissions of controlled substances from process-agent uses (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)

April 2007

• 27th OEWG:   Report on quarantine and pre-shipment definitions and contacts with the International Plant Protection Convention relative to quarantine and pre-shipment matters (UNEP/OzL.Pro.WG.1/27/5)  (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)
• 27th OEWG:  List of documents for the 27th OEWG (E)
• 27th OEWG: Issues for discussion by and information for the attention of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol at its twenty-seventh meeting. Note by the Secretariat (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)
• 27th OEWG: Written comments submitted by Parties on priorities with respect to the medium- and longer- term options listed in the study on developing a system for monitoring the transboundary movement of controlled ozone-depleting substances between the Parties (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)
• 27th OEWG: Feasibility study on developing a system for monitoring the transboundary movement of controlled ozone-depleting substances between the Parties (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)
• Dialogue on key future challenges faced by the Montreal Protocol: Summary of issues for discussion at the dialogue. Note by the Secretariat (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)
• Dialogue on key future challenges faced by the Montreal Protocol: Suggestions submitted by Parties (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)
• Report of the Task Force on Continuing TEAP Legacy - April 2007 (E)
• Report of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel - April 2007 - Progress Report (E)
• Symposium "Ozone Depletion: from its discovery to Envisat and Aura", Athens, Greece (23-26 September 2007)
• 27th OEWG: Corrigendum to the Proposed Adjustments to the Montreal Protocol (A), (C), (E), (F), (R), (S)

• 27th OEWG: Indicative Financial Report on the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol (E)
• 27th OEWG: Annotated provisional agenda (A), (C), (E), (F), (R), and (S)
• The Secretariat is pleased to advise you that the 7th Editions of the Handbooks for the Montreal Protocol and the Vienna Convention are now posted in our website in a browseable format and with their own search functionality that includes advanced search features.

March 2007

• 27th OEWG: Synthesis report of the 2006 assessments of the Scientific Assessment Panel, the Environmental Effects Assessment Panel and the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)
• The Secretariat would like to advise you that a new web page has been created for the documents concerning the Dialogue on key future challenges to be faced by the Montreal Protocol (Nairobi, 2-3 June 2007). The Agenda is available in (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S).
• Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee: 2006 Assessment
• 27th OEWG: Information note for participants
• 27th OEWG: Proposed adjustments to the Montreal Protocol (proposals submitted by the Federated States of Micronesia; Mauritania; Mauritius; the United States of America; Argentina and Brazil, jointly; and Iceland, Norway and Switzerland, jointly) (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)

• Technology and Economic Assessment Panel: 2006 Assessment
• Rigid and Flexible Foams Technical Options Committee: 2006 Assessment
• Chemicals Technical Options Committee: 2006 Assessment
• Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heat Pumps Technical Options Committee: 2006 Assessment
• Primer for members of the Implementation Committee under the Non-compliance Procedure of the Montreal Protocol (E) (S)

February 2007

• 27th OEWG: Provisional agenda (A C E F R S)
• Halons Technical Options Committee: 2006 Assessment
• Advance copy of the synthesis report of the 2006 assessments of the Scientific Assessment Panel, the Environmental Effects Assessment Panel and the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel
• Medical Technical Options Committee: 2006 Assessment and Erratum


• Twenty Questions and Answers about the Ozone Layer: 2006 Update


• 20th Anniversary Awards/Contests: The Secretariat would like to notify that it has changed the date for submission of nominations for the 20th anniversary recognition awards from 1 July 2007 to 1 June 2007. This has been done to provide sufficient time to prepare related materials for awards panels, and prepare the awards for recipients. We hope that this change does not prove to be an inconvenience.

January 2007

• Environmental Effects of Ozone Depletion and its interactions with Climate Change: 2006 Assessment (English)
  

• Report of the 37th Implementation Committee Meeting.l (Arabic), (Chinese), (English), (French), (Russian), (Spanish).
• Report of the 18th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (Arabic), (Chinese), (English), (French), (Russian), (Spanish).
• Report of 2006 Scientific Assessment Panel

December 2006

• Preliminary compilation of decisions adopted by the Eighteenth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (Arabic), (Chinese), (French), (Russian), (Spanish).
   
• Indicatives dates/venues of future Montreal Protocol meetings in 2007 and 2008 (revised 6 December 2006) (E)
  

November 2006

• Handbook on Critical Use Nominations for Methyl Bromide (Version 5) (E)
• Advance copy of the report of the 37th Meeting of the Implementation Committee under the Non-compliance procedure for the Montreal Protocol (UNEP//OzL.Pro/ImpCom/37/7) (E)
• Report of the Bureau of the Seventeenth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (UNEP//OzL.Pro.17/Bur.1/3) (E)
• Handbook for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Seventh edition - 2006)
• Handbook for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (Seventh edition - 2006)
• Advance copy of the report of the 18th Meeting of the Parties (UNEP/OzL.Pro.18/10) (E)

October 2006

• Report by the Secretariat on Licensing systems (Article 4B, paragraph 4, of the Montreal Protocol)
  
• Information reported by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on illegal trade in ozone-depleting substances (paragraph 7 of decision XIV/7)
• Submissions by countries on "Key challenges to be faced by the Parties in protecting the ozone layer over the next decade"
• Important issues/logistics for the 18th Meeting of the Parties and associated meetings
• Display of information about methyl bromide alternatives
• TEAP: Task Force on emissions discrepancies report (October 2006)
• Corrigendum to the TEAP Task Force on emissions discrepancies report (October 2006)
• 18th MOP: Addendum to Issues for discussion by and information for the attention of the Meeting of the Parties: Note by the Secretariat (A, C, E, F, R, S)

• 18th MOP: Revised proposal submitted by Canada on guidelines for the disclosure of interests for members of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel and its technical options committees and temporary subsidiary bodies (A, C, E, F, R, S)
• 18th MOP: Report of the Ozone Secretariat Workshop on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change/Technology and Economic Assessment Panel special report (A, C, E, F, R, S)
• 18th MOP: Executive Summary of the feasibility study on developing a system for monitoring transboundary movement of ozone depleting substances (A, C, E, F, R, S)
• 18th MOP: Report of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol to the Eighteenth Meeting of the Parties (E)
• 18th MOP: Information provided by the Parties in accordance with Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (A, C, E, F, R, S)
• TEAP Final Report - September 2006: Evaluations Of 2006 Critical Use Nominations For Methyl Bromide And Related Matters
• 18th MOP: ODS tracking feasibility study on developing a system for monitoring the transboundary movement of controlled ozone-depleting substances between the Parties (E)
• 18th MOP: Draft decision proposed by the European Community on cooperation with the International Plant Protection Convention on quarantine and pre-shipment methyl bromide alternatives (A, C, E, F, R, S)
• 18th MOP: Draft decision proposed by Norway on laboratory and analytical critical uses of methyl bromide (A, C, E, F, R, S)
• 18th MOP: Reporting, presentation and review of data in respect of very small quantities (de minimis) of ozone-depleting substances, relative to compliance with the Montreal Protocol (E)
• 18th MOP: Issues for discussion by and information for the attention of the Meeting of the Parties: Note by the Secretariat (A, C, E, F, R and S)
• 18th MOP: Treatment of ozone-depleting substances relative to compliance: Note by the Secretariat (A, C, E, F, R and S)
• Message on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer by the Secretary General of the United Nations (A, C, E, F, S, R)
• 18th MOP: Provisional Agenda (A, C, E, F, R and S)
• 18th MOP: Annotated Provisional Agenda (A, C, E, F, R and S)
• 18th MOP: Draft decisions and proposed adjustment (A, C, E, F, R and S)
• Information Note for participants to the 18th Meeting of the Parties (English) - Annex (English)
• Report of the Ozone Secretariat Workshop on the IPCC/TEAP Special Report (English)

• Indicatives Dates/Venues of Future Montreal Protocol Meetings in 2006 and 2007 (Revised on 17 August 2006)
• Scientific Assessment Panel: "Executive Summary of the Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2006 (WMO/UNEP), 18 August 2006", Background document, Press release.
• Report of the 26th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group in other UN languages
  (A), (C), (F), (R), (S)

• Report of the 26th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (E)
• Report of the 36th Meeting of the Implementation Committee (E)

• Experts Required for TEAP and its TOCs
• 2006 Theme for the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (E, F, S).
• Letter to the Parties of the Montreal Protocol on need to make early hotel accommodations for the 18th Meeting of the Parties to be held in India- (E, F, S)

• 26th OEWG - Note by the Secretariat: Summary of issues for discussion by the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol - (A, C, E, F, R, S)
• TEAP Special Report: Validating the Yield Performance of Alternatives to Methyl Bromide for Pre-plant Fumigation - May 2006
  
• Framework Table: List of measures arising from the IPCC/TEAP Special Report & its Supplement
• 26th OEWG - Draft decision proposed by the United States of America on multi-year exemptions for methyl bromide - (A, C, E, F, R, S)
• TEAP Progress Report - May 2006
• 26th OEWG - Note by the Secretariat on Treatment of stockpiled ozone-depleting substances relative to compliance - (A, C, E, F, R, S)
• Report of the 35th Meeting of the Implementation Committee - (A, C, E, F, R, S)

• 26th OEWG - Annotated provisional agenda - (A, C, E, F, R, S)
• 26th OEWG - Proposal by Canada for adjustment of the Montreal Protocol - (A, C, E, F, R, S)
• 26th OEWG: Online Pre-Registration Form

• Revised Data Reporting Forms According to Decision XVII/16 - (E, F, S), Instructions - (E, F, S) and Notifications - (E, F, S)
• 26th OEWG - Provisional Agenda - (A, C, E, F, R, S)
• Languages versions of the reports of the 7th Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention and of the 17th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol. - (A, C, E, F, R, S)

• 26th OEWG: Information Note | Annex A: List of Hotels | Annex B: Side-events Form
• Canadian proposal on guidelines for disclosure of interests for groups such as the TEAP and its Technical Options Committees: Request for comments
• Ozone Secretariat Workshop on the IPCC/TEAP Special Report
• Report of the 35th Meeting of the Implementation Committee
• Report of the Seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention and the Seventeenth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol
• Awards 2005

• TEAP Schedule of Meetings for 2006
• Indicatives Dates/Venues of Future Montreal Protocol Meetings in 2006 and 2007
• Production and Consumption of Ozone Depleting Substances under the Montreal Protocol 1986-2004
• Our Story (2005)

December 2005