Summary
The High-Level Segment (HLS) of the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention (COP 11) and the twenty-ninth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (MOP 29) convened for its final day on Friday, 24 November 2017, in Montreal, Canada.
In the morning, plenary heard statements from heads of delegation, and updates from the Scientific Assessment Panel (SAP), Environmental Effects Assessment Panel (EEAP) and the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP). Plenary then adjourned for contact groups and informal discussions to continue their deliberations.
The HLS plenary reconvened in the early evening to continue hearing statements from heads of delegation. The Preparatory Segment then reconvened for a stocktaking session and to close agenda items where possible. The Contact Groups on the Multilateral Fund (MLF) Replenishment and Energy Efficiency continue to meet in parallel.
10:00 pm - Plenary is scheduled to resume
10:34 pm - MLF Replenishment contact group concludes its work
11:00 pm
- Plenary is re-scheduled to resume
11:32 pm - Vienna Convention COP 11/MontrealProtocol MOP 29 final plenary reconvenes
12:34 pm - Vienna Convention COP 11/ Montreal Protocol MOP 29 plenary suspends to allow for consultations on the MLF replenishment draft decision
12:51 am - Vienna Convention COP 11/ Montreal Protocol MOP 29 Preparatory Segment closes
12:54 am - Vienna Convention COP 11/ Montreal Protocol MOP 29 HLS resumes
1:13 am - Vienna Convention COP 11/ Montreal Protocol MOP 29 adopts the decision on the MLF replenishment
The meeting closed on Saturday at 1:47 am
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Montreal Protocol Issues
OEWG 39 Co-Chairs Cynthia Newberg, US, and Cheikh Ndiaye Sylla, Senegal
Martin Sirois, Canada
Yao Dong, China
Patrick McInerney, Australia
Delegates from the US, Saudia Arabia and India, in informal consultations on energy efficiency
High-Level Segment
L-R: Gilbert Bankobeza, Ozone Secretariat; Marc D'Iorio, Canada, COP 11 President; Tina Birmpili, Executive Secretary, Ozone
Secretariat; and Martha Leyva, Ozone Secretariat
John Pyle, Co-Chair Scientific Assessment Panel (SAP)
Nigel Paul, Co-Chair EEAP
Janet Bornman, Co-Chair EEAP
L-R: Technology and Economic Assessment Panel Co-Chairs Ashley Woodcock and Bella Maranion; and Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee (MBTOC) Co-Chair Marta Pizano presenting to the High-Level Segment
Video presentation on the Montreal Protocol narrated by Sir David Attenborough
Paul Krajnik, Chair, Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund (MLF)
Closing Plenary
L-R: Allal Mesrar, Jozef Buys, and Alain Wilmart, Belgium
Andrei Pilipchuk, Belarus
Jamila Mammadova, Azerbaijan
John Thompson, US
Philippe Chemouny, Canada
Hasan Mubarak, Bahrain
Delegates from the US, Belarus, EU, Canada and Azerbaijan in informal consultations
Yaqoub Almatouq, Kuwait, MOP 29 President with Marc D'Iorio, Canada, COP 11 President, gaveled the meeting to a close at 1:47 am.
Statements by Heads of Delegation
Judith Garber, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans, Environment and Science (OES), Department of State, US
Fatoumia Ali Bazi, Director-General, Comoros Agency for International Cooperation (ACCI), Comoros
Juan Miguel Cuna, Under-Secretary, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the Philippines
Uktam Utaev, Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Ecology, Uzbekistan
Kare Chawicha Debessa, State Minister, Environment and Climate Change, Ministry of Forest and Climate Change, Ethiopia
Tsokhio Adiyasuren, Councellor to the Minister, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Mongolia
Xavier Sticker, Ambassador for the Environment, France
Hiroyuki Nishiura, Director, Ministry of Foreign of Affairs, Japan
Contact Groups
Delegates at the contact group on the MLF Replenishment
Delegates at the contact group on Data Reporting
Delegates at the informal consultation on HFCs not listed in Annex F of the Montreal Protocol
COP 11/MOP 29 Snapshots
Delegates from Saudi Arabia
L-R: Agustin Sanchez, Mexico, Eduardo Ganem, Chief Officer, MLF; and Frank Pinto, Norris Group
Photos from the international photo competition on Ozone and Climate organized by the Government of Uzbekistan, Global
Environment Facility (GEF); UN Environment, and UN Development Programme (UNDP)