Montreal Protocol
Also known as Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
environmental protocol designed to protect the ozone layer
Key facts
- Signed
- 16 September 1987
- Location
- Montreal
- Effective
- 1 January 1989 if 11 states have ratified by then
- Condition
- Ratification by 20 states
- Ratifiers
- 198 (all United Nations members, as well as the Cook Islands , Niue , the Holy See , Palestine , and the European Union )
- Depositary
- Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Languages
- Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Secretary Kerry Delivers Remarks About the Montreal Protocol in Kigali (30319892895).jpg
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The Antarctic ozone hole (October 2024) 2012 retrospective video by NASA on the Montreal Protocol
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1987 in Canada1989 in the environmentEnvironmental treatiesHistory of MontrealOzone depletionTechnological phase-outsTreaties concluded in 1987Treaties entered into by the European UnionTreaties entered into force in 1989Treaties extended to AnguillaTreaties extended to ArubaTreaties extended to Bermuda