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   Secretaría del Ozono

Paul Horwitz has worked on ozone issues since 1989, when he became the first Secretary of the newly formed Ozone Secretariat. After one year in that position, he returned to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) where he worked on acid rain issues before moving back to the ozone portfolio as EPA’s chief Montreal Protocol negotiator, a position which he maintained for 13 years.

Paul also served as Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol, and as President of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention. Paul rejoined the Ozone Secretariat as Deputy Executive Secretary in January of 2005 and is currently based in Washington DC, U.S.A.

He has a law degree from Lewis and Clark Law School and a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.