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36th Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol

20-24 July 2015 | United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) headquarters, Paris, France


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A view of UNESCO

Reclining Figure, by Henry Moore, 1958

The thirty-sixth meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG 36) of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer reconvened on Friday, 24 July 2015, in Paris, France.

In the morning, OEWG 36 plenary addressed draft decisions, including on: potential areas of focus for the 2018 quadrennial reports of the Scientific Assessment Panel (SAP), the Environmental Effects Assessment Panel (EEAP) and the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP); and essential-use exemption for laboratory and analytical uses for 2016 in China. Plenary also resumed its discussions on aspects of the four amendment proposals.

The informal discussions on the feasibility and ways of managing HFCs reconvened in the morning prior to plenary. They then broke for the morning plenary session. The informal group reconvened at lunch to continue its discussions.

5.50pm update: Plenary postponed until 7.pm. Informal discussions continue.

8.30pm update: Plenary yet to resume.

10.08pm update: Informals continue.

10.38pm update: Plenary resumed.

11.47pm: OEWG36 is suspended. The session will reconvene prior to MOP27, which is to be held in November 2015.

IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage and a summary and analysis report from the 36th Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, which took place from 20 to 24 July 2015, from the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) headquarters in Paris, France. Our summary and analysis report is available in HTML and PDF. Available in ENB Mobile at: http://enb.iisd.mobi/ozone-oewg36/


View of the dais during the plenary session

Co-Chair Emma Rachmawaty, Indonesia

Blaise Horisberger, Switzerland

Cindy Newberg, US

Jimena Nieto, Colombia

Gbandi Malouesson, Togo

Dennis Clare, Federated States of Micronesia

Cui Yuqing, China

Delegates from Namibia conferring

Mazen K. Hussein, Lebanon and Hassan Ali Mubarak, Bahrain

Maria Verónica Grygianec with Pablo Roffrigo Esliman, Argentina

Moosa Al Kalbani and Hilal Sultan Al-Shekeili, Oman

Delegates conferring

Delegates from Saudi Arabia conferring

Gilbert Bankobeza, Ozone Secretariat giving an interview to the BBC

Mazen K. Hussein, Lebanon, Yaqoub Al-Matouq, Kuwait and Hassan Ali Mubarak, Bahrain

Delegates conferring during a break of the informal talks
 

Delegates conferring during a break of the informal talks
 

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Specific funding for coverage of the 36th Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol has been provided by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) - Ozone Secretariat
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