376. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Levitsky) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Powell)1
SUBJECT
- Ratification of the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer
Attached for signature by the President is the instrument of ratification, in duplicate, of the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer, done at Montreal on September 16, 1987.2
The Senate gave its advice and consent to ratification on March 14, 1988.
The Montreal Protocol, negotiated under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Program, is a supplemental agreement to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, adopted in March 1985 and ratified by the United States in August 1986. The Protocol provides for internationally coordinated control of ozone-depleting substances in order to protect public health and the environment from potential adverse effects of depletion of stratospheric ozone. The Protocol establishes an obligation to limit consumption and production of ozone-depleting substances and restricts trade in controlled substances with States not party to the Protocol. United States ratification is necessary for entry into force and effective implementation of the Protocol.
- Source: Department of State, Environmental Issues, 1979–1993, Lot 93D395, Ozone. No classification marking. Drafted by Brandt on March 17 and cleared in L/T, L, L/OES, OES/ENV, and EPA/OIA.↩
- Attached but not printed. President Reagan signed the instrument of ratification for the Montreal Protocol on April 5. See Public Papers: Reagan, 1988, Book I, pp. 420–421.↩