SOCIETY
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL ISSUES STATEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR PRESERVATION OF OZONE LAYER
Baku, September 16 (AZERTAC). The United Nations` (UN) International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is celebrated on September 16 every year.
The UN Secretary-General issued statement on the occasion of the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 16 September 2010.
“I encourage Parties to the Montreal Protocol to continue to build on this model and to explore synergies that could help to address other environmental challenges, especially climate change. Let us use the governance tools contained in the existing ozone and climate treaties to reduce environmental threats to sustainable development and human well-being.”
In 1994, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 16 September the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, commemorating the date of the signing, in 1987, of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (resolution 49/114).
States were invited to devote the Day to promote activities in accordance with the objectives of the Protocol and its amendments. The ozone layer, a fragile shield of gas, protects the Earth from the harmful portion of the rays of the sun, thus helping preserve life on the planet.