Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
| Signed | 22 March 1985 |
|---|---|
| Location | Vienna |
| Effective | 22 September 1988 |
| Condition | ratification by 20 states |
| Signatories | 28[1] |
| Ratifiers | 197[1] |
| Depositary | Secretary-General of the United Nations |
| Languages | Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish |
The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer is a Multilateral Environmental Agreement. It was agreed upon at the Vienna Conference of 1985 and entered into force in 1988. In terms of universality, it is one of the most successful treaties of all time, having been ratified by 196 states (all United Nations members as well as the Holy See, Niue and the Cook Islands) as well as the European Union.[1]
It acts as a framework for the international efforts to protect the ozone layer. However, it does not include legally binding reduction goals for the use of CFCs, the main chemical agents causing ozone depletion. These are laid out in the accompanying Montreal Protocol.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer". United Nations Treaty Series. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
External links
- The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer at The Ozone Secretariat at the United Nations Environment Programme
- UNEP: The Ozone Secretariat website
- Ratifications
- Treaty text
- Introductory note by Edith Brown Weiss, procedural history note and audiovisual material on the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer in the Historic Archives of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law
- Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, Treaty available in ECOLEX-the gateway to environmental law (English)