The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer adopted

The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer was adopted. The convention outlines states' responsibilities for protecting human health and the environment against the adverse effects of ozone depletion. It established the framework under which the Montreal Protocol was negotiated.

It has been ratified by over 190 states.

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_{Credit: UN Photo/Yutaka Nagata}

_{Hussein Manikfan, Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the UN, signs the Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer in July 1988.  Looking on is Max Lewy, Chief of United Nations Treaty Section.}