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Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2014-05-08
Network Meeting for South Asia Ozone Officers organized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - Compliance Assistance Programme (CAP) in collaboration with the National Ozone Unit - 27-30 May 2014, Grand Oriental Hotel (GOH), Colombo, Sri Lanka

- Sri Lanka acceded to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and ratified the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer in 1989 and its subsequent amendments between 1990 and 1999. Sri Lankan continues to be an active country in the phasing out of ozone depleting substances and is well ahead of developing countries in fulfilling the Protocol requirements. This Network Meeting is an annual event planned by the Ozone Secretariat of the Montreal Protocol. Details of the above meeting scheduled to be held from 27th to 30th May 2014 in Colombo, was furnished to the Cabinet for its information by Hon. Susil Premajayantha, Minister of Environment and Renewable Energy.