The Vienna Convention for the protection of the Ozone Layer and its Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the Ozone Layer
The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and its Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer are dedicated to the protection of the earths ozone layer. With 196 parties, they are the most widely ratified treaties in United Nations history, and have, to date, enabled reductions of over 97% of all global consumption of controlled ozone depleting substances (measured in ODP tonnes).
The Ozone Secretariat is the Secretariat for the Vienna Convention and for the Montreal Protocol. Based at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi (Kenya), the Secretariat functions in accordance with Article 7 of the Vienna Convention and Article 12 of the Montreal Protocol.... More on the Secretariat
- Dates and Venues of Montreal Protocol Meetings in 2012
- TEAP/Technical Options Committees Meetings- Dates and Venues for 2012
- UNEP/DTIE OzonAction Programme - Schedule of Events
- Executive Committee Meetings:
- The 66th Meeting of the Executive Committee is scheduled to take place in Montreal (Canada) from 16 to 20 April 2012.
On 12 January 2012, the Republic of South Sudan officially deposited the instruments of ratification of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and its Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer with the Depositary, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in New York, becoming the 197th party to ratify the two treaties. This act by the world’s youngest nation has restored the ozone treaties’ status as the only universally ratified agreements.
This achievement was communicated to the parties to the two treaties by the Executive Secretary of the Ozone Secretariat, Mr. Marco Gonzalez, on 18 January 2012. More
