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Article: OZONE LAYER PROTECTION : EU WELCOMES UNIVERSAL RATIFICATION OF MONTREAL PROTOCOL.
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- Europe Environment
- Article date:
- October 1, 2009
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The Swedish Presidency of the European Union and the European Commission welcomed the universal ratification of the Montreal Protocol, on 16 September, following its ratification by the 169th signatory, Timor-Leste. The announcement coincided with International Day for the Protection of the Ozone Layer.
All states are now parties to the ozone layer protection rules. "This is a unique case among the hundreds of instruments deposited with the United Nations Secretariat-General. With this gesture, Timor-Leste sends a clear message of global solidarity, not only for combating ozone depletion, but also with regard to other serious multilateral problems, and first and ...