Recalling that, of the 197 parties to the Montreal Protocol, 39 are recognized by the United Nations as small island developing States,
Noting that the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, held in Rio de Jan...
To endorse the selection of Mr. Paul Krajnik (Austria) and Ms. Emma Rachmawaty (Indonesia) as Co-Chairs of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in 2015;
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To note with appreciation the work carried out by the Implementation Committee under the Non-Compliance Procedure for the Montreal Protocol in 2016;
To confirm the positions of Bangladesh, Canada, Haiti, Kenya and Romania as members of...
To note with appreciation the work carried out by the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol with the assistance of the Fund secretariat in 2016;
To endorse the selection of Austr...
To endorse the selection of Mr. Cheikh Ndiaye Sylla (Senegal) and Ms. Cynthia Newberg (United States of America) as co-chairs of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in 2017;
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To convene the Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in Montreal, Canada, and to announce a firm date for the meeting as soon as possible.
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To note that 195 parties of the 197 that should have reported data for 2015 have done so and that 169 of those parties reported their data by 30 September 2016 as required under paragraph 3 of Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol;
Noting that Guatemala ratified the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer on 7 November 1989 and the London Amendment, the Copenhagen Amendment, the Montreal Amendment and the Beijing Amendment on 21 January 2002 and is c...
The First Meeting of the Parties decided in Dec. I/12B:
"Controlled substances produced" as used in Article 1, paragraph 5 is the calculated level of controlled substances manufactured by a Party. This excludes the calculate...
The Second Meeting of the Parties decided in Dec. II/4 to clarify the definition of “controlled substance” in paragraph 4 of Article 1 of the Protocol so that it is understood to include the isomers of such substances except as sp...