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

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.

* Campus Bell, headquarters of Bell Canada on Nuns ' Island in Montreal, Canada

After a dramatic conclusion of the 2001 World Series, less than 48 hours later, Selig held a vote on contracting two teams, reportedly the Minnesota Twins and Montreal Expos.

In 1967 L ' Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée was renamed Bombardier Limited and on January 23, 1969, the company went public, listing on the Montreal and Toronto stock exchanges.

The first Welland Canal, which opened in 1829 between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, bypassing Niagara Falls and the Lachine Canal ( 1825 ), which allowed ships to skirt the nearly impassable rapids on the St. Lawrence River at Montreal were built for commerce.

* Cadillac ( Montreal Metro ), a metro station on the green line in Montreal

Prior to the 1995 season, the Rockies acquired free-agent outfielder Larry Walker, previously of the Montreal Expos, who replaced Kingery as the 4th member of the " Blake Street Bombers "— named after the street on which the new ballpark ( Coors Field ) was located — along with Galarraga, Bichette, and third baseman Vinny Castilla, who had played sparingly with the major-league club during the previous season.

The larger ships were also less likely to call on the smaller population centres such as Saint John and Halifax, preferring to travel to cities like New York and Montreal.

The development of the system relied on reaching agreement with Quebec Hydro-Electric Commission to utilise their existing network of power poles supplying power to the Montreal Metro area.

Initial discussions began with a meeting with Montreal City Council on June 21, 1949.

In early 1810, Thompson was returning eastward towards Montreal but while on route at Rainy Lake, received orders to return to the Rocky Mountains and establish a route to the mouth of the Columbia.

Their marriage was formalized at the Scotch Presbyterian Church in Montreal on October 30, 1812.

Earlier in the century, Norris had played on one of hockey's early powers, the Montreal HC, nicknamed the " Winged Wheelers.

In September 1775 Allen led a failed attempt on Montreal that resulted in his capture by British authorities.

Allen, in one instance, wrote that " I will lay my life on it, that with fifteen hundred men, and a proper artillery, I will take Montreal ".

Montreal singer Nancy Martinez's 1986 single " For Tonight " would become the first Canadian freestyle single to reach the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, while the Montreal girl group 11: 30 reached the Canadian chart with " Ole Ole " in 2000.

* Ozone-Depleting Substances ( ODS ) Controlled Under the Montreal Protocol

* Introductory note by Edith Brown Weiss, procedural history note and audiovisual material on the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer in the Historic Archives of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law

As such, it is subject to phase-out requirements of the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Ozone Depleting Substances.

The GEF, although not linked formally to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer ( MP ), supports implementation of the Protocol in countries with economies in transition.

In partnership with the Montreal Protocol of the Vienna Convention on Ozone Layer Depleting Substances, the GEF started funding projects that enable the Russian Federation and nations in Eastern Europe and Central Asia to phase out their use of ozone-destroying chemicals.

Later, it contained 1, 1, 1-trichloroethane, a skin irritant now widely banned under the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer, and then the slightly safer trichloroethylene.

“ The Vienna Convention, Montreal Protocol and Global Policy to Protect Stratospheric Ozone ”, in P. Wexler et al.

The World Meteorological Organization Global Ozone Research and Monitoring Project — Report No. 44 comes out strongly in favor for the Montreal Protocol, but notes that a UNEP 1994 Assessment overestimated ozone loss for the 1994 – 1997 period.

In this posting, Negroponte together with Ambassador Richard Benedick negotiated the Montreal Protocol on Ozone, the most successful modern environmental treaty, overcoming opposition from Europe, Russia, and China and from some Reagan administration officials.

* Biosafety protocol -- Montreal 2000

* Montreal Protocol, an international protocol for the phasing out of ozone-depleting substances