Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (1985)
Opened for Signature Vienna, 22 March 1985 Entered into Force:
22 September 1988 (Article 17 ) Later acceptances effective 90
days after deposit Location: UNEP Doc. IG.53/5; UKTS 1 (1990);
Cm 910; 26 ILM 1529 Open to: All states and regional economic
integration organizations (Article 13 ) Depositary: United
Nations Download Word for Windows 2.0 File viennoz.doc The
Parties to this Convention, Aware of the potentially harmful
impact on human health and the environment through modification
of the ozone layer, Recalling the pertinent provisions of the
Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human
Environment, and in particular principle 21, which provides that
"States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United
Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign
right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own
environmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that
activities within their jurisdiction or