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Background
The Parties to this agreement established a Multilateral Fund that provides developing countries with the technical and financial assistance needed to comply with the Protocol. UNEP, UNDP, UNIDO and the World Bank are the Fund's Implementing Agencies. The objective of UNEP's OzonAction Programme is to assist developing countries and Countries with Economies in Transition to achieve compliance with the control measures of the Montreal Protocol. Since 1991, the Programme has met this goal by strengthening National Ozone Units (NOUS) and facilitating regional and international responses to the ozone depletion challenge. UNEP DTIE OzonAction wins US EPA 2005 Stratospheric Ozone Award UNEP's Executive Director congratulates the entire OzonAction team. Press Release A press backgrounder provides concise information about the Montreal Protocol, ozone depletion and the phase out of ODS. WCO Asia/Pacific RILO is the winner of US EPA 2007 Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award Please read info in WCO News, No 53, June 2007, page 48 "Millennium Development Goal Report 2007" highlights Montreal Protocol and flags illegal CFC trade Extract of Goal 7 Ensure environmental sustainability: "A global effort to eliminate ozone-depleting substances is working, though damage to the ozone layer will persist for some time" Emissions of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) have been drastically reduced - from almost 1.5 billion tons in 1989 to 89 million tons in 2005 - since threats to the protective ozone layer were first recognized. The progress to date, 20 years after the Montreal Protocol was signed, demonstrates what can be achieved when countries act together, and in a concerted way, to resolve global environmental problems. Concentrations of ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) have begun to recede in the atmosphere. However, until they diminish significantly, the ozone layer cannot begin to heal and ultraviolet radiation will continue to harm human health, crop productivity and wildlife. Since the 1990s, every region has exceeded its commitments under the Montreal Protocol. CFCs have already been phased out in developed countries, and developing countries are on track to do so by 2010. Similarly, every region has reduced its consumption of other ozone-depleting substances. However, countries have yet to completely eliminate their use, which is in accordance with the timelines proposed under the Protocol. Complicating the issue is the fact that significant amounts of CFCs continue to be produced and traded illegaly. Management of ODS stockpiles is another concern, since the cost of destroying them is high and environmentally unsound disposal methods could spew disastrous amounts of ODS into the atmosphere. Maintaining momentum and funding for the final phase-out and for monitoring the ozone layer is crucial to a happy conclusion to this unprecedented international success story.... Download the report: http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals
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Manual for Customs Officers Customs
Poster Against CFC Smuggling
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Supplement 6
- Illegal Trade in ODS
Trade Name Database of Chemicals developed by OzonAction. This service is designed to help customs officers and National Ozone Units control imports and exports of ODS and prevent their illegal trade. It is a worldwide database of the commercial tradenames of chemical products containing ODS controlled under the Montreal Protocol and their alternatives. |
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to Declare: Customs to Save the Ozone
Layer A video designed to introduce customs and Ozone officers to the reality of the illegal trade and to preventative measures that can be taken. The video is intended for use at training programmes and includes comprehensive listings of ODS, their container types and smuggling examples. Undercover footage, ODS abuse and analysis by experts provide a thorough grounding in a critically important environmental crime. Available as an online streaming video in English, Français and Español.
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UNEP
Ozone Secretariat Based at UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya the Ozone Secretariat is the Secretariat for the Vienna Convention and for the Montreal Protocol, functioning in accordance with Article 7 of the Vienna Convention and Article 12 of the Montreal Protocol, respectively. Its main duties include arranging for and servicing the Conference of the Parties, Meetings of the Parties, their Committees, Bureaux, Working Groups and Assessment Panels; arranging for implementing the decisions of these meetings; monitoring the implementation of the Convention and the Protocol; Report to the meetings of the Parties and to the implementation committee; representing the Convention and the Protocol in the relevant international bodies; and providing information. Multilateral
Fund Secretariat Environmental
Investigation Agency EIA wins 2006 Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award. Please see Press Release. Link to the harmonized ODS regulations for UEMOA (Union Economique et Monetaire Ouest Africaine) INECE (International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement) - Ozone Forum Page
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Under
the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer,
countries worldwide are taking specific, time-targeted actions to
reduce and eliminate the production and consumption of man-made
chemicals that destroy the stratospheric ozone layer, Earth's protective
shield. Over 180 governments have joined this multilateral environmental
agreement and are taking actions to phase out 
