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International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is on September 16

15 September 2008 14:53 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Ilhama Isabalayeva â€“ APA-Economics. The United Nationsâ€™ (UN) International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is celebrated on September 16 every year. This event commemorates the date of the signing of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer in 1987. The theme for 2008 is â€œMontreal Protocol â€“ Global partnership for global benefitsâ€.
In 1987 representatives from 24 countries met in Montreal and announced to the world that it was time to stop destroying the ozone layer. In so doing, these countries committed themselves, via the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, to rid the world of substances that threaten the ozone layer.
On December 19, 1994, the UN General Assembly proclaimed September 16 to be the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, commemorating the date when the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was signed in 1987. The day was first celebrated on September 16, 1995.
Azerbaijanâ€™s Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources said the country support all the efforts and international agreements on the preservation of the ozone layer.
â€œDespite financial difficulties, Azerbaijan takes active part in not using substances that deplete the ozone layer and prevention of damaging emissions,â€ said the ministry.
Azerbaijan ratified he Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (1985), the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (1997), Montreal Protocol revisions in London (1990), Copenhagen (1992)and Montreal (1997).