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TWENTIETH
ANNIVERSARY SEMINAR ON THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL
“CELEBRATING
TWENTY YEARS OF PROGRESS”:
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Sunday,
16 September 2007 Earth Negotiations Bulletin-The
twentieth anniversary of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the
Ozone Layer was commemorated on Sunday, 16 September 2007, with a seminar
entitled "Celebrating 20 Years of Progress.' The event was hosted by
Environment Canada and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), and took place at
the Palais de Congrès in Montreal, Canada, in the lead-up to the nineteenth
Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (MOP-19). Participants from
governments, international organizations, business and civil society took part
in the day's celebrations, which included keynote presentations, an awards
ceremony, and a range of panel discussions. The panel discussions focused on the
history, development and implementation of the Montreal Protocol, ozone science,
links with other environmental issues, and future challenges.
Marco
Gonzalez, Executive Secretary, Ozone Secretariat, opened the seminar
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Executive
Secretary Marco Gonzalez, Stephen Anderson, US EPA, K. Madhava Sarma, former
Ozone Executive Secretary, and Kristin Taddonio, US EPA, during the book launch
for "Techonology Transfer for the Ozone Layer: Lessons for Climate
Change." Credit: Earth
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Evolution
of the Montreal Protocol
The
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was agreed on 16
September 1987 and entered into force on 1 January 1989.
The
Second, Fourth, Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh Meetings of the Parties to the
Montreal Protocol adopted, in accordance with the procedure laid down in
paragraph 9 of Article 2 of the Montreal Protocol, certain adjustments and
reductions of production and consumption of the controlled substances listed in
the Annexes of the Protocol. These adjustments entered into force, for all the
Parties, on 7 March 1991, 23 September 1993, 5 August 1996, 4 June 1998 and 28
July 2000, respectively.
The
Second, Fourth, Ninth and Eleventh Meetings of the Parties to the Montreal
Protocol adopted, in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 4 of
Article 9 of the Vienna Convention, four Amendments to the Protocol – the
London Amendment (1990), the Copenhagen Amendment (1992), the Montreal Amendment
(1997) and the Beijing Amendment (1999).
The
London, Copenhagen and Montreal Amendments entered into force, only for those
Parties which ratified the particular amendments, on 10 August 1992, 14 June
1994 and 10 November 1999, respectively.
The
Beijing Amendment will enter into force, only for those Parties which ratify it,
on 1 January 2001, provided that at least twenty instruments of ratification,
acceptance or approval of the Amendment have been deposited by States or
regional economic integration organizations that are Parties to the Montreal
Protocol. (No State or regional economic integration organization may deposit
such an instrument unless it has previously, or simultaneously, deposited such
an instrument to the Montreal Amendment.)
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