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EDITOR IN CHIEF- ABDULLAH BIN SALIM AL SHUEILI

Intl Day for Protection of Ozone Layer marked

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MUSCAT: The Sultanate, represented by the Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs, marked the International Day for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, which falls on September 16 each year under the theme “Keep Cool and Carry on”.


A ceremony was held in the Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs on Sunday to celebrate the occasion with the launch of the third version of the initiative “Ozone Umbrella Protects the Future of Our Children”.


Najib bin Ali al Rowas, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs, the chief guest said that the Sultanate has ratified both the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and its amendments in London, Copenhagen, Montreal and Beijing as per Royal Decrees since 1998.


The Sultanate’s ratification to the conventions stems from its belief in supporting efforts of the international community to address the challenges of various environmental problems, including the depletion of the ozone layer and confronting challenges facing environmental, climatic and ecological systems.


The Sultanate, having accepted its membership in the ozone layer protection agreements, was classified as a Party of Article 5 of the Montreal Protocol. Activities of the Sultanate’s celebration of the International Day for the Protection of the Ozone Layer 2018 include several scientific, cultural and recreational activities in the Ministry’s General Diwan, as well as some schools and commercial centres in the Governorate of Muscat and the rest of the Sultanate’s governorates. — ONA


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