The Highlights

• 20th Anniversary Photo Book - Celebrating 20 years of progress in 2007
• Handbook for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer - Eighth edition (2009)
• Handbook for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (1985) - Eighth edition (2009)
• Haiti requests the application of Decision IX/9 of the Montreal Protocol as a measure to avoid obsolete ODS technologies being imported into Haiti
• Report of the Twenty-First Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer - (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)

• Indicative list of TEAP/Technical Options Committee meetings for 2010
• Handbook for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (1985) - Eighth edition (2009)

• Handbook for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer - Eighth edition (2009)
• Press Release - Nairobi/Port Ghalib, 2 November 2009: Up Grading Ozone Layer Treaty to Assist in Combating Climate Change Key Issue at International Meeting in Egypt (A) (C) (E) (F)
• 21MOP/Workshop 5: Final report of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel Quarantine and Pre-shipment Task Force: executive summary - UNEP/OzL.Pro.21/7- UNEP/OzL.Pro/Workshop.5/2 (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)
• 21MOP/43IMPCOM: Information provided by Parties in accordance with Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer - Addendum - UNEP/OzL.Pro.21/5/Add.1- UNEP/OzL.Pro/ImpCom/43/2/Add.1 - (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)

• 21MOP/43IMPCOM: Status of licensing systems and focal points - UNEP/OzL.Pro.21/INF/2/Rev.1- UNEP/OzL.Pro/ImpCom/43/4/Rev.1 (A) (E) (F) (R) (S)

• Methyl Bromide Quarantine and Preshipment Interim National Management Strategy Submission by the United States of America
• Methyl Bromide Critical Uses National Management Strategy Update Submission by the United States of America
• 21MOP: Addendum: Issues for discussion by and information for the attention of the Twenty-First Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer - UNEP/OzL.Pro.21/2/Add.1 (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)
• 21MOP: Draft decisions and proposed amendments to the Montreal Protocol - UNEP/OzL.Pro.21/3/Add.2 - Addendum 2 - (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)
• Environmental effects of ozone depletion and its interactions with climate change: Progress report, 2009
• 21MOP/43IMPCOM: Status of ratification, accession, acceptance or approval of the agreements on the protection of the stratospheric ozone layer - UNEP/OzL.Pro 21/INF/1- UNEP/OzL.Pro/ImpCom/43/INF/1 (E)
• 21MOP/Workshop 5: List of Docauments - UNEP/OzL.Pro.21/INF/7/Rev.1- UNEP/OzL.Pro.Workshop.5/INF/2/Rev.1 - (E)
• Side Events Schedule for the 21st Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol
• Online registration has now closed, please register upon arrival onsite at the International Convention Centre in Port Ghalib
• 21MOP/Workshop 5: List of documents - UNEP/OzL.Pro.21/INF/7- UNEP/OzL.Pro.Workshop.5/INF/2 (E)
• 21MOP/Workshop 5: Final report of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel Quarantine and Pre-shipment Task Force: executive summary - UNEP/OzL.Pro.21/7- UNEP/OzL.Pro/Workshop.5/2 (E) - Advance Copy
• 21MOP: Draft decisions and proposed amendments to the Montreal Protocol - UNEP/OzL.Pro.21/3/Rev.1 - (R) (S)
• 21MOP: Issues for discussion by and information for the attention of the Twenty-First Meeting of the Parties - UNEP/OzL.Pro.21/2 - (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)
• 21MOP/43IMPCOM: Information provided by Parties in accordance with Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer - UNEP/OzL.Pro.21/5- UNEP/OzL.Pro/ImpCom/43/2 - (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)
• Workshop on methyl bromide use for quarantine and pre-shipment purposes : Background note - UNEP/OzL.Pro/Workshop.5/INF.1 - (E)
• 21MOP: Report of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol to the Twenty‑First Meeting of the Parties - UNEP/OzL.Pro.21/6 - (E) (S) - Reissued for technical reasons
• TEAP Final Report: Response by TEAP and its MTOC to Decision XX/4: Campaign Production for some Article 5 Parties manufacturing metered-dose inhalers which use chlorofluorocarbons - October 2009
• Display of methyl bromide alternatives for quarantine and pre-shipment treatments, and methyl bromide recapture technologies
• 21MOP: Draft decisions and proposed amendments to the Montreal Protocol - UNEP/OzL.Pro.21/3/Add.2 - Addendum 2 - (E) - Advance Copy
• 21MOP: Addendum: Issues for discussion by and information for the attention of the Twenty-First Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer - UNEP/OzL.Pro.21/2/Add.1 (E)- Advance Copy
• 21MOP: Report of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol to the Twenty‑First Meeting of the Parties - UNEP/OzL.Pro.21/6 -(A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)
• 21MOP: Annotated provisional agenda of the Twenty-First Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol - UNEP/OzL.Pro.21/1/Add.1- (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)
• TEAP Final Report: Evaluations of 2009 Critical Use Nominations for Methyl Bromide and Related Matters
• 21MOP: Draft decisions and proposed amendments to the Montreal Protocol - UNEP/OzL.Pro.21/3 - (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)

• 21MOP: Draft decisions and proposed amendments to the Montreal Protocol- Addendum - UNEP/OzL.Pro.21/3/Add.1 - (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)
• TEAP - Task Force Decision XX/7 Phase 2 Report - October 2009 - Advance Copy
• 21MOP: Further information from the Ozone Secretariat on issues related to funding opportunities for the destruction of ozone-depleting substances - UNEP/OzL.Pro.21/INF/6 (E)
• TEAP - Quarantine and Preshipment Taskforce – Final Report - October 2009
• 21MOP: Information on illegal trade in ozone-depleting substances reported by Parties to the Montreal Protocol (paragraph 7 of decision XIV/7) - UNEP/OzL.Pro.21/INF/5 (E)
• 21MOP: Amendment of the Harmonized System nomenclature for ozone-depleting substances - UNEP/OzL.Pro.21/INF/4 (E)
• Addendum to the TEAP 2009 Progress Report: Essential Use Nominations for MDIs - Revised Nomination from the United States for 2011
• Handbook on Essential Use Nominations - 2009
• 21MOP: High-global-warming-potential alternatives to ozone-depleting substances - Concept note by the Secretariat - UNEP/OzL.Pro.21/INF/3 - (E) (F) (S)
• Provisional programme for the Workshop on Methyl Bromide Use for Quarantine and Preshipment Purposes - UNEP/OzL.Pro/Workshop.5/1- (E) - Advance Copy

September 2009

• Report of the twenty-ninth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer - UNEP/OzL.Pro.WG.1/29/9 (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)
• 42IMPCOM: Report of the Implementation Committee under the Non‑Compliance Procedure for the Montreal Protocol on the work of its forty‑second meeting (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)

• 21MOP: Hotel Reservation and Travel Information for the Participants:
  • Hotel Reservation
  • Meet and Assist Service Booking
  • Booking for Transit Hotels in Cairo and other services

• North American proposal on HFCs - Covering Letter, The Proposal, Summary Points

• International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 2009
  • Message of the Secretary-General on International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, 16 September 2009 ( A) ( C) ( E) (F) (R)(S)
  • Press Release: Ozone Treaty Anniversary Gifts Big Birthday Present to Human Health and Combating of Climate Change ( C) (E)
  • Statements/Press Releases from around the world
    • Timor Leste - English, Portuguese
    • European Union
    • India
    • Egypt
    • Argentina
    • World Customs Organization (WCO)
  • Media Coverage
  • Public Awareness Posters and Banners for the International Day for the Preservation of Ozone Layer

• Registration for upcoming meetings
  • Workshop on Methyl Bromide Use for Quarantine and Preshipment Purposes (03 November 2009)
  • Twenty-first Meeting of the Parties to Montreal Protocol (04 - 08 November 2009)

• 21MOP: Provisional Agenda (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)

• 21MOP: Information Note for Participants

• 21MOP: Proposed revised approved 2009 and proposed 2010 and 2011 budgets of the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer - Addendum - UNEP/OzL.Pro.21/4/Add.1 (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)

• 21MOP: Proposed revised approved 2009 and proposed 2010 and 2011 budgets of the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer - UNEP /OzL.Pro.21/4 (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)
• Report of the workshop for a dialogue on high-global-warming-potential alternatives to ozone-depleting substances - UNEP/OzL.Pro/Workshop 4/4 (E) (Advance Copy )

• 21MOP: List of Egyptian Embassies Worldwide - Information provided by the Government of Egypt for participants of the 21MOP

• Indicative list of Ozone Secretariat meetings for 2010

• Report by the Secretariat on funding opportunities for the management and destruction of banks of ozone-depleting substances - UNEP/OzL.Pro/Workshop.3/2/Add.1/Corr.1 -Corrigendum - (E)

• Centrum - The Ozone Secretariat biannual e-newsletter (03 July 2009) - Second edition

• Status of ratification, accession, acceptance or approval of the agreements on the protection of the stratospheric ozone layer - UNEP/OzL.Pro/ImpCom/42/2- UNEP/OzL.Pro.WG.1/29/INF/4 (E)

• Communication by the Secretariat of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal - UNEP/OzL.Pro/Workshop.3/INF/2 (E)

• Technology and Economic Assessment Panel report on the environmentally sound management of banks of ozone-depleting substances: executive summary - UNEP/OzL.Pro/Workshop.3/3 (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)

• Compilation of strategies for the environmentally sound management of banks of ozone-depleting substances - UNEP/OzL.Pro/Workshop.3/INF/1 (E)

• Invitation letter to governments to commemorate the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer - (E)  (F)  (S)

• Information on hydrofluorocarbons and perfluorocarbons received from developing countries - UNEP/OzL.Pro/Workshop.4/INF/2 (E)

• Provisional programme - UNEP/OzL.Pro/Workshop 3/1 (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)

• 29OEWG: 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-ninth meeting - Addendum - UNEP/OzL.Pro.WG.1/29/2/Add.1 (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)

• June 2009 Report of the TEAP - Task Force Decision XX/7 Interim Report

• Technology and Economic Assessment Panel report on assessment of alternatives to HCFCs and HFCS and updating of data: executive summary - UNEP/OzL.Pro/Workshop.4/3 (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)

• Current control measures, limits and information reporting requirements for high-global-warming potential alternatives to ozone-depleting substances: national and regional information - UNEP/OzL.Pro/Workshop.4/INF/1 (E)

• 42 ImpCom and 29OEWG: Status of licensing systems - UNEP/OzL.Pro/ImpCom/42/4- UNEP/OzL.Pro.WG.1/29/INF/3 (A) (E) (F) (R) (S)

• Provisional programme - UNEP/OzL.Pro/Workshop 4/1 (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)

• Report of the Ozone Secretariat on current control measures, limits and information reporting requirements for high global-warming-potential alternatives to ozone-depleting substances - UNEP/OzL.Pro/Workshop 4/2 (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)

• Report by the Secretariat on the environmentally sound management of banks of ozone-depleting substances - Executive Summary - UNEP/OzL.Pro/Workshop 3/2 - (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)

• May 2009 Report of the TEAP - Task Force Decision XX/8 Report

• Report by the Secretariat on funding opportunities for the management and destruction of banks of ozone-depleting substances - UNEP/OzL.Pro/Workshop.3/2/Add.1 (E) - English Only

• 29OEWG: Annotated provisional agenda - UNEP/OzL.Pro.WG.1/29/1/Add.1 (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)

• 29OEWG: Communication submitted by the Government of the United States of America with regard to a proposed amendment to the Montreal Protocol - UNEP/OzL.Pro.WG.1/29/INF/2 (E)

• Report of the Secretariat of the Multilateral Fund on the status of agreements to convert metered dose inhaler manufacturing facilities in Parties operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 (decision XX/4) - UNEP/OzL.Pro.WG.1/29/3 (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)

• Report of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol on the progress made in reducing emissions of controlled substances from process-agent uses for the period 2007–2008 - UNEP/OzL.Pro.WG.1/29/4 (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)

• 29OEWG: 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-ninth meeting - UNEP/OzL.Pro.WG.1/29/2 (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)

• May 2009 Report of the TEAP - Progress Report

• 29OEWG: Proposed Amendment to the Montreal Protocol (Submitted jointly by the Federated States of Micronesia and Mauritius) - UNEP/OzL.Pro.WG.1/29/8 (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)
  • Comments Received from Parties on the Proposed Amendment
    • Letter from the United States of America

• 29OEWG: Indicative financial report on the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol pursuant to decision XX/20 - UNEP/OzL.Pro.WG.1/29/INF/1 (E)

• 29OEWG: Information note for the Participants

• 29OEWG: List of recommended hotels in Geneva

March 2009

• Registration for 29th OEWG, 42nd Implementation Committee, ODS banks workshop and open-ended dialogue on high-GWP alternatives for ODS
• 29OEWG: Provisional Agenda (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)
• Report of the 41st Meeting of the Implementation Committee - UNEP/OzL.Pro/ImpCom/41/8 (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)
  
• Report of the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention and the Twentieth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer - UNEP/OzL.Conv.8/7-UNEP/OzL.Pro.20/9 (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)

• Indicative list of TEAP/Technical Options Committee meetings for 2009

• Environmentally Sound Management of Banks of ODS: Strategies Reported by Parties (Decision XX/7(5))

• Training Manual for Customs Officers: Saving the Ozone Layer - Phasing out Ozone Depleting Substances in Developing Countries - Second Edition

• The Green Customs Guide to Multilateral Environmental Agreements

• Report of the joint meeting of the Bureau of the Seventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and Bureau of the Nineteenth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer UNEP/OzL.Conv.7/Bur.1/3 - UNEP/OzL.Pro.19/Bur.1/3 (A) ( C) ( E) (F) ( R) ( S )
• Transition Strategy to Non-CFC Metered Dose Asthma Inhalers (MDIs) - Submission by United States of America