2006 HIGHLIGHTS

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)

SEPTEMBER 2006

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)

AUGUST 2006

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)

JULY 2006

JUNE 2006

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)

MAY 2006

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)

APRIL 2006

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

MARCH 2006

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)