Decision XXIII/21: Endorsement of a new co-chair of the Chemicals Technical Options Committee and a senior expert of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel

  1. To thank Mr. Masaaki Yamabe (Japan) for his long and outstanding efforts on behalf of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer as co-chair of the Chemicals Technical Options Committee;
  2. To endorse Mr. Yamabe (Japan) as a senior expert of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel for a term of four years, subject to re-endorsement by the parties in accordance with section 2.3 of the terms of reference of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel;
  3. To endorse Mr. Keiichi Ohnishi (Japan), a member of the Chemicals Technical Options Committee, as a new co-chair of the Chemicals Technical Options Committee for a term of four years, subject to re-endorsement by the parties in accordance with section 2.3 of the terms of reference of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel;