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1 July

Thirty-third meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol

24-28 June 2013 | UN Conference Centre (UNCC), Bangkok, Thailand

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Introduction - 24 June - 25 June - 26 June - 27 June - 28 June

Highlights for Friday, 28 June 2013

On Friday morning, OEWG 33 delegates attended a series of contact and discussion groups, including on: additional funding for the MLF to maximize the climate benefit of the accelerated phase-out of HCFCs; the terms of reference for the study on replenishment of the MLF; and management of HFCs.

Plenary resumed at 12:30pm to listen to reports from contact and discussion group co-chairs on issues including: a proposal on funding production facilities for HCFCs; the implications of the UNCSD (Rio+20) outcome document for SIDS; additional funding to maximize the climate benefits of accelerated phase-out of HCFCs; and the terms of reference for the study of the 2015-2017 replenishment of the MLF.

Delegates reconvened in the evening to hear the report from the co-chairs of the formal discussion group on HFCs management and to adopt the report of the meeting. Co-Chair Camargo gaveled the meeting to a close at 6:52pm.

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The interpreters in a briefing session before the plenary at noon

L-R: Megumi Seki, Secretariat, and OEWG 33 Co-Chair Javier Camargo (Colombia) and OEWG 33 Co-Chair Patrick McInerney (Australia)

Alice Gaustad, Norway

Members of the Canadian delegation

The delegation from the Federated States of Micronesia

A view of the room during the closing plenary

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Introduction - 24 June - 25 June - 26 June - 27 June - 28 June

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