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Twenty-ninth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (OEWG-29)

15-18 July 2009 | Geneva, Switzerland
Highlights for Friday, 17 July 2009

On Friday morning, 17 July, delegates met in contact groups on: essential uses and campaign production for MDIs; high-GWP ODS alternatives and proposed amendments; and the environmentally sound management of ODS banks.

In the afternoon, plenary resumed briefly to consider conference room papers on outstanding issues, and the contact group on high-GWP ODS alternatives and proposed amendments met again in afternoon and late-night sessions. A contact group on an evaluation of the Multilateral Fund also met in the evening.
Attentive observers following deliberations in the contact group on high-GWP ODS alternatives.
 
Daily Highlights
Wednesday, 15 July - Thursday, 16 July - Friday, 17 July - Saturday, 18 July
Mikkel Sorensen, Denmark, and Laura Berón, Argentina, Co-Chairs of the contact group on high-GWP ODS alternatives and proposed amendments
Mikheil Tushishvili, Georgia, and Annie Gabriel, Australia, Co-Chairs of the contact group on the environmentally sound management of ODS banks.
Daily Highlights
Wednesday, 15 July - Thursday, 16 July - Friday, 17 July - Saturday, 18 July
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Provisional Annotated Agenda
Technology & Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP) webpage

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