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Decision XIX/29: Selection of new co-chairs of the Scientific Assessment Panel

Document type
Decision
Reference number
XIX/29
Date
Sep 17, 2007
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Status
Active
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances, Air & atmosphere
Treaty
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Sep 16, 1987)
Meeting
Website
ozone.unep.org
Abstract

1.   To thank the following co-chairs who served as co-chairs of the Scientific Assessment Panel since its inception for their long and outstanding efforts on behalf of the Montreal Protocol:

(a)  Mr. Daniel Albritton (United States of America);

(b) Mr. Robert Watson (United States of America);

2.   To express sadness at the passing of Dr. Gérard Mégie (France) and admiration for his work as Co-Chair of the Scientific Assessment Panel, in which capacity he guided the preparation of the Panel’s 1998 and 2002 assessment reports;

3.   To select the following new co-chairs of the Scientific Assessment Panel:

(a)  Mr. John Pyle (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland);

(b)  Mr. Paul Newman (United States of America);

(c) Mr. A. R. Ravishankara (United States of America);