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Thirty-second meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (OEWG 32)

23-27 July 2012 | Bangkok, Thailand
Highlights for Tuesday, 24 July 2012
Thirty-second meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

OEWG 32 met in morning and afternoon plenary sessions on Tuesday. Delegates resumed discussions on the evaluation of the financial mechanism and the TEAP Task Force on alternatives to ozone-depleting substances (ODS) presented its work and answered questions from parties. The working group also considered: performance and verification criteria related to the destruction of ODS; nomination and operational processes of the TEAP and its subsidiary bodies; and draft decisions on data discrepancies and on funding of production facilities for HCFCs. They continued discussions related to: nominations for essential-use exemptions; quarantine and pre-shipment (QPS) issues; and ODS and ships.

OEWG 32 agreed to establish contact groups on: QPS issues, TEAP process, ODS and ships, and data discrepancies. The contact group on ODS and ships met on Tuesday evening.
UNCC in Bangkok, Thailand.
African Francophone delegates to OEWG 32, L-R: Reine Marie Coly Badiane, Senegal; Rivo Rabemananjara, Madagascar; Sacko Modibo, Mali; and Selvida Sadayen, Mauritius.
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Mark Roberts, Environmental Investigation Agency and Suely Carvalho, UN Development Programme.
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IISD RS resources
*IISD RS coverage of the Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and Twenty-third Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, 21-25 November 2011, Bali, Indonesia
*IISD RS Summary and Analysis of the Thirty-first meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, 1-5 August 2011, Montréal, Canada (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF) (Spanish: HTML - PDF)
*IISD RS coverage of MOP-22, 8-12 November 2010, Bangkok, Thailand
*IISD RS Briefing Note of the Thirtieth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, 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 Summary and Analysis of the Twenty-ninth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, 15-18 July 2009, Geneva, Switzerland (HTML - PDF)
*IISD RS archive of Montréal Protocol meetings, and backgrounder
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