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The Third Extraordinary Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (ExMOP 3) convened for its final day in Vienna, Austria, on 23 July 2016. In the morning, delegates heard the report of the Credentials' Committee and concluded general statements. The informal setting (as part of the Contact Group on HFC Management) reconvened in the morning and in the late afternoon, when it concluded its work. The Contact Group on HFC Management reconvened at 5:35 pm. 6:36 pm - HFC Management Contact Group consultations ongoing. 8:05 pm - HFC Management Contact Group scheduled to reconvene at 9:00 pm. Informal consultations taking place. 9:22 pm - informal consultations ongoing. 10:03 pm - HFC Management Contact Group to reconvene at approximately 10:30 pm. 10:53 pm - informal consultations are still ongoing. 11:28 pm -HFC Management Contact Group resumes. Delegates discuss baseline/freeze date proposals. 12:26 am - HFC Management Contact Group adjourns, having concluded its work. OEWG 38 to reconvene. 12:52 am - ExMOP 3 reconvenes. 01:10 am - ExMOP 3 closes. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports and also produced a summary and analysis report from the Resumed OEWG 37, OEWG 38 and ExMOP 3, which is available in HTML and PDF format. Photos by IISD/ENB | Mike Muzurakis For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. From L-R: Gilbert Bankobeza, Ozone Secretariat; MOP 27 President Virginia Poter, Canada; and Megumi Seki, Ozone Secretariat Xavier Sticker, Ambassador for the Environment, France Anselmina Liphola, Mozambique Augusto Flores, Deputy Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Nicaragua Janusz Urbańczyk, Holy See Hazri bin Abu Hassan, Singapore Lorna Eden, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Local Government, Fiji Laura Juliana Arciniegas, Colombia, with Rubén Armando Escalante Hasbún, El Salvador Obed Baloyi, South Africa, and Dennis Clare, Federated States of Micronesia Gudi Alkemade, and Philip Owen, European Union (EU) Nada Aldabashi, Kuwait, and Amna Kazim, United Arab Emirates MOP 27 President Virginia Poter, Canada Sergey Vasiliev, the Russian Federation Jeanne Josette Acacha-Akoha, Benin Saleh Hassini, General Manager of Environment, and Hammami Youssef, Tunisia Yaqoub Al-Matouq, Kuwait Philip Owen, European Union (EU) Kate Louw, IISD Reporting Services, with HFC Management Contact Group Co-Chair ​Patrick McInerney​, Australia OEWG 37 Co-Chair Paul Krajnik, Austria, with MOP 27 President Virginia Poter, Canada John Thompson, US Rafael Da Soler, Brazil Obed Baloyi, South Africa From L-R: Hamoud Al-Otaibi, Saudi Arabia; Cindy Newberg, US; Diane McConkey, US; Saleh Al-Amir, Saudi Arabia; Taha Mohammed Zatari, Saudi Arabia; and Alaa Aljahdali, Saudi Arabia Blaise Horisberger, Switzerland Gudi Alkemade, EU Augustin Sánchez Guevara, Mexico Around the venue

The thirty-eighth session of the Open-Ended Working Group of the Montreal Protocol (OEWG 38) resumed on 21 July 2016, in Vienna, Austria. In the morning, delegates convened in plenary to hear updates on outstanding agenda items. The HFC Management Contact Group met throughout the day. In the late afternoon, OEWG 38 closing plenary convened. Due to OEWG 38 being unable to conclude its work, the meeting was suspended at 5:45 pm. Discussions on HFC Management will be held in parallel to third Extraordinary Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (ExMOP 3), which convenes on 22 July 2016. In the evening, the Government of Austria hosted a reception. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports and also produced a summary and analysis report from the Resumed OEWG 37, OEWG 38 and ExMOP 3, which is available in HTML and PDF format. Photos by IISD/ENB | Mike Muzurakis For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. From L-R: Tina Birmpili, Executive Secretary, Ozone Secretariat; Abdulbasit Sairafi, Saudi Arabia; Yaqoub Al-Matouq, Kuwait; Hamoud Al-Otaibi, Saudi Arabia; and Iftikhar-ul-Hassan Gilani, Pakistan Philippe Chemouny, Canada Taha Mohammed Zatari, Saudi Arabia Blaise Horisberger, Switzerland Iftikhar-ul-Hassan Gilani, Pakistan Yaqoob Al Harti, Oman Cindy Newberg, US From L-R: Yaqoub Al-Matouq, Kuwait; Taha Mohammed Zatari, Saudi Arabia; HFC Management Contact Group Co-Chair ​Patrick McInerney​, Australia; John Thompson, US; and HFC Management Contact Group Co-Chair Xia Yingxian, China Cornelius Rhein, European Union (EU), and Obed Baloyi, South Africa Zhou Xiaofang, China Brian Ruddie, UK, with Saleh Al-Amir, Saudi Arabia From L-R: Hamoud Al-Otaibi, Saudi Arabia; Catherine Wahlén and Anna Schulz, IISD Reporting Services From L-R: Marine Collignon, France; Béatrice Vincent, France; Justina Adomaviciute, UK; Mikkel Adaman Sørensen, Denmark; and Philip Owen, EU Laura Juliana Arciniegas, Colombia G. M. J. K. Gunawardana, Sri Lanka Enoh Peter Ayuk, Cameroon Sylla Cheikh Ndiaye and Reine Marie Coly Badiane, Senegal HFC Management Contact Group Co-Chairs ​Patrick McInerney​, Australia, and Xia Yingxian, China From L-R: Mubarak Mohammed Bin Daine, Bahrain; Hassan Ali Mubarak, Bahrain; and Yaqoub Al-Matouq, Kuwait High Level Assembly organized by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) Gina McCarthy, Administrator, US Environmental Protection Agency Xavier Sticker, Ambassador for the Environment, France Arlete Sombo-Dibele, Minister for the Environment, Central African Republic Miguel Arias Cañete, European Commissioner for Energy and Climate Ahmad Qatarneh, Secretary General, Ministry for the Environment, Jordan Jan Olsson, Ambassador for the Environment and Oceans, Sweden, and Ibrahim Thiaw, Deputy Executive Director, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Catherine McKenna, Minister for the Environment and Climate Change, Canada, and CCAC Co-Chair Rita Cerutti, Canada Kari-Anne Isaksen, Norway Ibrahim Thiaw, Deputy Executive Director, UNEP Fernando Farías, Chile Lars Andreas Lunde, State Secretary, Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment, Norway Benjamin Deh-Deh, Côte d'Ivoire Pastor Vera Bejarano, Paraguay Norbert Kurilla, State Secretary, Ministry for the Environment, Slovakia Vincent Biruta, Minister for Natural Resources, Rwanda Reception hosted by the government of Austria From L-R: Eduardo Ganem, Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol; Tina Birmpili, Executive Secretary, Ozone Secretariat; Andrä Rupprechter, Minister for the Environment, Austria; Ibrahim Thiaw, Deputy Executive Director, UNEP Andrä Rupprechter, Minister for the Environment, Austria From L-R: Aminah Ali, Malaysia; G. M. J. K. Gunawardana, Sri Lanka; and Tsokhio Adiyasuren, Mongolia Petra Hinterauer, Hungary, with Michelle Cortis, Malta From L-R: Avipsa Mahapatra, Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA); Iftikhar-ul-Hassan Gilani, Pakistan; Husamuddin Ahmadzai, Sweden; and Iqbal Sheikh, Pakistan

OEWG 38 reconvened for its third day of deliberations in Vienna, Austria, on 20 July 2016. In the morning, delegates addressed the issue of amendments to the Protocol in the HFC Management Contact Group. Plenary also reconvened for stocktaking. In the afternoon, contact and informal groups on the TOR for the Study on the 2018-2020 Replenishment of the MLF, the draft proposal to establish an ad hoc standards coordination group, and HFC Management met. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports and also produced a summary and analysis report from the Resumed OEWG 37, OEWG 38 and ExMOP 3, which is available in HTML and PDF format. Photos by IISD/ENB | Mike Muzurakis For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. From L-R: OEWG 37 Co-Chair Paul Krajnik, Austria; Martha Leyva, Ozone Secretariat; and OEWG 37 Co-Chair Leslie Smith, Grenada Tina Birmpili, Executive Secretary, Ozone Secretariat, with Megumi Seki, Ozone Secretariat Laura Juliana Arciniegas, Colombia Emilija Kjupeva, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Malcolm McKee, New Zealand Alice Gaustad, Norway Blaise Horisberger, Switzerland Ana Patricia Martínez Bolívar, Mexico View of the room during the Contact Group on the Replenishment Study TOR Andrei Pilipchuk, Belarus Tumau Neru, Samoa Zhou Xiaofang, China Cindy Newberg, US Ahmed El Korashy, Egypt Contact Group on Replenishment Study TOR Co-Chair Obed Baloyi, South Africa Gudi Alkemade, European Union (EU) Aminah Ali, Malaysia Chanchai Sharma and Fahad Naim, India  Lara Haidar and Krystel Loutfi, Lebanon Salim Al Badi and Yaqoob Al Harti, Oman Annie Gabriel, Australia HFC Management Contact Group Co-Chair Xia Yingxian, China Nancy Seymour, Canada Malcolm McKee, New Zealand, with Tina Birmpili, Executive Secretary, Ozone Secretariat From L-R: Catheriné Wahlen, IISD Reporting Services; Avipsa Mahapatra, Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA); and Taha Mohammed Zatari, Saudi Arabia

On Tuesday morning, two sessions of Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) took place at the 2016 meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). In the afternoon, a special address by UN Secretary-General (UNSG) Ban Ki-moon was followed by another session of VNRs, and the general debate. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily reports, daily web coverage and a summary and analysis from HLPF 2016, which is available in HTML and PDF format. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page Voluntary National Reviews: Session 1 View of the dais during the first session on Voluntary National Reviews Sven Jürgenson, Permanent Representative of Estonia to the UN and Vice President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Francisco Guzmán Ortiz, Office of the President, Mexico Manuel Sager, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland Mohamed El Ouafa, Minister Delegate to the Head of Government, Morocco Milorad Šćepanović, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Montenegro Patrick Saidu Conteh, Minister of State II, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Sierra Leone Sabine Döbeli, Swiss Sustainable Finance Sandra Andovska, National Focal Point for Sustainable Development, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Robert Glasser, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction Jelena Kneževič, Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism, Montenegro Rachel Kyte, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) Voluntary National Reviews: Session 2 Panel speakers for the second session on Voluntary National Reviews Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava, Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the UN and Vice President of ECOSOC Martin Østerdal, Norwegian Children and Youth Council David Zalkaliani, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Georgia Herilanto Raveloharison, Minister of Economy and Planning, Madagascar Halit Çevik, Permanent Representative of Turkey to the UN Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, African Development Bank (AfDB) Dejan Bojanić, Major Group for Children and Youth, speaking on behalf of all Major Groups and other stakeholders Thoriq Ibrahim, Minister of Environment and Energy, Maldives Special address by the Secretary-General UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Voluntary National Reviews: Session 3 View of the dais for the third session on Voluntary National Reviews Kimmo Tiilikainen, Minister of Agriculture and the Environment, Finland Ana María Baiardi, Minister for Women, Paraguay Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Rilli Lappalainen, Finnish NGDO Platform to the EU, Kehys Matia Kasaija, Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Uganda Sili Epa Tuioti, Minister of Finance, Samoa Thomas Silberhorn, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany Morten Jespersen, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark Ansgar Klinger, German Education Union Marianne Beisheim, German Institute for International and Security Affairs General Debate View of the dais Wu Hongbo, Under Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs José Antonio Ocampo, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) Lubomír Zaorálek, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic Samatha Power, Permanent Representative of the US to the UN Li Baodong, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, China Abdul Sattar Murad, Minister of Economy, Afghanistan Boima Kamara, Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Liberia Sahar Nasr, Minister of International Cooperation, Egypt Rosalie Matondo, Minister of Forest  Economy, Sustainable Development and Environment, Republic of Congo Edgar Gutiérrez Espeleta, President, Second UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-2), and Minister for Environment and Energy, Costa Rica Mohammed Maziad Al Tuwaijri, Vice-Minister of Economy and Planning, Saudi Arabia Around the Venue Preparations being made for the morning plenary Delegates from Finland Delegates from Denmark Delegates speak informally Jade de Andrade, Federica Pietracci, and Irena Zubcevic, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) Delegates collect and share materials relating to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Delegates between sessions Around the UN Headquarters