International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

September 16 was designated by the United Nations General Assembly as the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.

This designation was made on December 19 1994, in commemoration of the date, in 1987, on which nations signed the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.

See also

*Ozone Action Day

External links

* [http://www.uneptie.org/ozonaction/events/ozoneday/ UNEP DTIE OzonAction Branch: Ozone Day]
* [http://www.nrca.org/newscenter/Press_releases/Archive/1999/pr990908.htm Setember 16 is International Ozone Day (sic)]


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