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Climate Change Policy & Practice
Thirty-first Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (OEWG 31)

1-5 August 2011 | Montréal, Canada

Highlights for Monday, 1 August 2011
Marco González, Executive Secretary, Ozone SecretariatOn Monday, 1 August 2011, the thirty-first session of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (OEWG 31) was opened by OEWG Co-Chair Ndiaye Cheikh Sylla (Senegal). Marco González, Executive Secretary, Ozone Secretariat, called 2011 a "milestone" year for the Montreal Protocol, noting it marks the 20th anniversary of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol (MLF) and a year of assessment of compliance with control measures under the Protocol. González applauded the successes of many parties in meeting 2010 compliance targets for the consumption and production of CFCs, halons, and carbon tetrachloride (CTC).

Participants heard a report from the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel's (TEAP) task force on the 2012–2014 replenishment of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol, and agreed to establish a contact group on the issue, to be chaired by Jozef Buys (Belgium) and Laura Berón (Argentina). In the afternoon, delegates broached discussion of two proposed amendments to the Montreal Protocol relating to HFCs, one submitted by Canada, Mexico and the US, and another submitted by the Federated States of Micronesia.
OEWG 31
A view of the plenary listening to the report of the TEAP task force on the 2012-2014 replenishment of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol.
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Related Links
UN Environment Programme (UNEP) resources
*OEWG 31 website
*OEWG 31 provisional agenda
*Issues for discussion by and information for the attention of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol at its thirty-first meeting - Note by the Secretariat
*Issues for discussion by and information for the attention of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol at its thirty-first meeting - Note by the Secretariat - Addendum

IISD RS resources
*IISD RS coverage of the Twenty-second Meeting of the Parties to the Montréal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MOP-22), 8-12 November 2010, Bangkok, Thailand
*IISD RS Briefing Note of OEWG 30, 15-18 June 2010, Geneva, Switzerland (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)
*IISD RS coverage of the MOP-21, 4-8 November 2009, Port Ghalib, Egypt
*IISD RS Briefing Note of OEWG 29, 15-18 July 2009, Geneva, Switzerland (HTML - PDF)
*IISD RS archive of Montréal Protocol meetings, and backgrounder
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