Costa Rica is party to many environmental treaties, including the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Convention on Environmental Modification, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Montreal Protocol, the Ramsar Convention, the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, the Desertification Convention, the Endangered Species Convention, the Basel Convention, the Convention on the Law of the Sea, the Convention on Marine Dumping, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.

Development of a funding mechanism similar to that of the Montreal Protocol ( developed nations contribute to a fund for developing nations ) could allow more funds for non-Secretariat activities.

El Salvador is party to the Convention on Biological Diversity, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, CITES, Basel Convention, Partial Test Ban Treaty, Montreal Protocol, Ramsar Convention.

Greenpeace was one of the leading participants advocating early phase-out of ozone depleting substances in the Montreal Protocol.

party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes ( Basel Convention ), Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection ( Montreal Protocol ), Ship Pollution ( MARPOL 73 / 78 ), Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands ( Ramsar Convention ), Whaling

The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer ( a protocol to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer ) is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion.

Due to its widespread adoption and implementation it has been hailed as an example of exceptional international co-operation, with Kofi Annan quoted as saying that " perhaps the single most successful international agreement to date has been the Montreal Protocol ".

Produced mostly in developed countries, HFCs replaced chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons ( HCFCs ), that were phased out under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.

Developed countries say that since the rise in the emission of super-greenhouse gases is a consequence of the phasing out of CFCs and HCFCs under the Montreal Protocol, the same agreement should monitor them.

Developed countries following the Kyoto Protocol report their HFC emission data to UNFCCC ; parties to the Montreal Protocol have no such obligation.

The main objective of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol is to assist developing country parties to the Montreal Protocol whose annual per capita consumption and production of ozone depleting substances ( ODS ) is less than 0. 3 kg to comply with the control measures of the Protocol.

Currently, 147 of the 196 Parties to the Montreal Protocol meet these criteria ( they are referred to as Article 5 countries ).

As of September 16, 2009, all countries in the United Nations, the Cook Islands, Holy See, Niue and the supranational European Union have ratified the original Montreal Protocol ( see external link below ), Timor-Leste being the last country to ratify the agreement, bringing the total to 196.

101-549 ) contain provisions for implementing the Montreal Protocol, as well as explicit, separate authority for the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency to regulate ozone depleting chemicals.

I transmit herewith, for the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification, the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, done at Montreal on September 16, 1987.

The Montreal Protocol provides for internationally coordinated control of ozone-depleting substances in order to protect public health and the environment from potential adverse effects of depletion of stratospheric ozone.

In 1973, The Who were scheduled to perform at the Garden, but almost didn't perform, due to the band being detained by police after destroying a hotel room in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where they'd appeared the previous evening.

Who drummer Keith Moon ( for the rest of the Quadrophenia tour ) changed one of the lyrics to the song " Bell Boy " from " remember the gaff where the doors we smashed " to " remember Montreal at the hotel we trashed " or variations of the band being arrested.

A live DVD, Hell Yeah-The Awesome Foursome ( And The Finnish Keyboarder Who Didn't Want To Wear His Donald Duck Costume ) Live in Montreal was recorded on May 6, 2006 at Le Medley in Montreal, Quebec.

In the 1980s the animation department of the French division of the CBC in Montreal took centre stage by winning two Oscars for its animation shorts: Crac in 1981 and The Man Who Planted Trees in 1987.

She also has starred in films such as Under Fire, The Fourth Protocol, Who Framed Roger Rabbit ?, The Package, Where the Heart Is and Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, Vampire in Brooklyn and Ghosts of Mars.

She continued to appear in both films and television, and co-starred in the television miniseries Hollywood Wives ( 1985 ), The Fourth Protocol ( 1987 ), Who Framed Roger Rabbit ( 1988 ), The Package ( 1989 ), Where the Heart Is ( 1990 ), and Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead ( 1991 ).

The first productive period came when he was considering poetry as a vocation, before he had decided to write fiction for a living ( in his note for Who's Who he wrote that he `` wrote verses 1865 - 1868 ; ;

" Marquis Who's Who TM.

Marquis Who's Who, 2009.

Who's Who in Greek Mythology.

Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1963.

( 1999 ): The Simon & Schuster Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures: A Visual Who's Who of Prehistoric Life.

In guidance issued by Who's Who published by A & C Black, it is noted that in the context of the UK, " not all qualified medical practitioner hold the ( M. D.

Lock also wrote a character guide entitled Who's Who in EastEnders ( ISBN 978-0-563-55178-2 ) in 2000, examining main characters from the first fifteen years of the show.

Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1967.

* Biographies and biographical profiles ( e. g. Who's Who )

" Son of Golden Turkey Awards also listed a " Who's Who in the World of Bad Movies " at the end of its awards presentations.

* The Jewish Baseball Hall of Fame: a Who's Who of Baseball Stars, Erwin Lynn, Shapolsky Publishers, 1986, ISBN 0-933503-17-2

A variant of this story combines " Who's " and " your ", such as in " Who ' sh yer ' ma ?".

She is mentioned, along with a brief biography, in RFC 1336, Who's Who in the Internet ( 1992 ).

Who's Who in Lesbian and Gay Writing.

While working for the insurance company, Peel filed card programs for an early IBM 1410 computer ( which led to his entry in Who's Who noting him as a former computer programmer ), and he got his first radio job, albeit unpaid, working for WRR ( AM ) in Dallas.

* KAIFU, Toshiki International Who's Who.

* Who's Who in the Theatre ( various editions ) for both Lindsay Anderson's CV and the Playbill listings

The Who's 1971 song " Baba O ' Riley " was named in part after Meher Baba, and on his first solo album, Who Came First, Townshend recorded the Jim Reeves song " There's A Heartache Following Me ," saying that it was Meher Baba's favorite song.

" Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History from Antiquity to World War II.

Updated editions are usually published as needed, in some cases annually ( e. g. Whitaker's Almanack, Who's Who.

* Who's Who in the Nanospace

* Who's Who in the Nanospace

A much more comprehensive list of inhabitants between 1815-1821 is provided by Chaplin, Arnold, A St Helena's Who's Who or a Directory of the Island During the Captivity of Napoleon, published by the author in 1914.