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Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer

note -- abbreviated as Ozone Layer Protection

opened for signature -- 16 September 1987

entered into force -- 1 January 1989

objective -- to protect the ozone layer by controling emissions of
substances that deplete it

parties -- (148) Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia,
Austria, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium,
Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei,
Bulgaria, Burkina, Burma, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic,
Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote
d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, European
Union, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Germany, Ghana,
Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary,
Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica,
Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait,
Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives,
Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco,
Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua,
Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay,
Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal (Portugal has also extended the
protocol to Macau), Romania, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint
Lucia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan,
Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo,
Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda,
Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay,
Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Samoa, former
Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe

countries that have signed, but not yet ratified -- (1) Morocco

Nuclear Test Ban

see -- Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in
Outer Space, and Under Water

Ozone Layer Protection

see -- Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention
of Pollution From Ships, 1973 (MARPOL)

note -- abbreviated as Ship Pollution

opened for signature -- 17 February 1978

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