Summary
The twenty-eighth Meeting of the Parties (MOP 28) to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer met for its third day in Kigali, Rwanda on Wednesday, 12 October 2016.
In the morning, plenary reconvened for a stocktaking session. Issues discussed include, inter alia: consideration of the membership of the Montreal Protocol bodies for 2017; critical-use exemptions (CUEs) for 2017-2018; Terms Of Reference (TOR) for the 2018-2020 Multilateral Fund (MLF) replenishment study; and issues related to the phase-out of HCFCs. Parties also heard a report on progress from the hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) Management Contact Group.
Following plenary’s adjournment, Article 5 and non-Article 5 parties met separately to coordinate positions on an amendment on HFCs. The HFC Management Contact Group met in the evening. The Budget Committee, informal consultations on safety standards and the contact group on the TOR for the 2018-2020 MLF replenishment also took place during the day.
IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, provided web coverage and a report from the Resumed OEWG38. In addition, IISD Reporting Services provided daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report from MOP 28. The summary and analysis report is available in HTML and PDF.
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Morning Plenary
View of the dais during the morning plenary
OEWG 38 Co-Chair Leslie Smith, Grenada
OEWG 38 Co-Chair Paul Krajnik, Austria
HFC Management Contact Group Co-Chair Xia Yingxian, China
Bruce Edwards, Australia
Nancy Seymour, Canada
Hassan Ali Mubarak, Bahrain
Samuel Paré, Burkina Faso
MLF Replenishment Study Contact Group Co-Chair Obed Baloyi, South Africa
Andrei Pilipchuk, Belarus
Taha Mohammed Zatari, Saudi Arabia
Satyendra Kumar Purkayastha, Bangladesh
Ahmed El Korashy, Egypt
Informal Consultations
Delegates during Article 5 coordination discussions
Delegates during non-Article 5 coordination discussions
Informal consultations on safety standards
Budget Committee
Delegates during the Budget Committee
Tina Birmpili, Executive Secretary,
Ozone Secretariat
Andrew Clark, US
Yassin Ahmed, Ozone Secretariat
Annie Gabriel, Australia
Marine Collignon, France
Contact Group on MLF Replenishment Study
Delegates during the Contact Group on MLF Replenishment Study
MLF Replenishment Study Contact Group Co-Chairs Philippe Chemouny, Canada, and Obed Baloyi, South Africa
Mayuka Ishida, Japan
S.V. Subbarao, India
Gudi Alkemade, EU
Elisa Rim, US
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) Management Contact Group
Delegates from the Ozone Secretariat, Kuwait, EU, Lebanon, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia
speak informally before the start of the HFC Management Contact Group
Delegates discuss the proposed outcomes from informal discussions
HFC Management Contact Group Co-Chair Patrick McInerney, Australia
Iftikhar-ul-Hassan Gilani, Pakistan
Laura Berón, Argentina
Blaise Horisberger, Switzerland
Manoj Kumar Singh, India
Brian Ruddie, UK
Delegates during the session
Around the Venue
Delegates meet outside plenary
Delegates from Iraq
Delegates from Indonesia
Delegates from Lebanon
Tina Birmpili, Executive Secretary, Ozone Secretariat, with OEWG 38 Co-Chairs Paul Krajnik, Austria, and Leslie Smith, Grenada, Megumi Seki, Ozone Secretariat, and Yaqoub Al-Matouq, Kuwait
A delegate reads the IISD Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) website to keep track of negotiations
Delegates from Brazil and Saudi Arabia confer
Tilson Kephas, Federated States of Micronesia,
and Augustin Sánchez Guevara, Mexico
Delegates between sessions
Rwandan artifacts on display around the venue
