Foreword to the First Edition by David Newsom

Preface to the First Edition

Preface to the Enlarged Edition

Abbreviations

Lessons from History

The Science: Models of Uncertainty

Spray Cans and Europolitics

Prelude to Consensus

Forging the U.S. Position

The Sequence of Negotiations

Points of Debate

The Immediate Aftermath

New Science, New Urgency

The Road to Helsinki

The Protocol in Evolution

The South Claims a Role

Strong Decisions in London

Accelerating the Phaseout

A New Phase for the Protocol

"Common but Differentiated Responsibilities"

Promoting Compliance

New Controls for North and South

A New Global Diplomacy: Ozone Lessons and Climate Change

Chronology

Appendix A. Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, March 1985

Appendix B. Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer, September 1987

Appendix C. Londo Revisions to the Montreal Protocol, June 1990 (Excerpts)

Appendix D. Montreal Protocol Phaseout Schedules

Appendix E. Terms of Reference for the Multilateral Fund

Appendix F. Terms of Reference of the Executive Committee

Appendix G. Noncompliance Procedure

Appendix H. The Nearly Universal Treaty: Parties to the 1985 Vienna Convention and the 1987 Montreal Protocol, with Ratifications to the 1990 London Amendment and 1992 Copenhagen Amendment

Notes

Select Ozone Bibliography

Index

Ambassador Richard Elliot Benedick has had extensive diplomatic and negotiating experience in the U.S. Foreign Service. As a result of his work on the historic Montreal Protocol, he received in 1988 the highest presidential career public service honor: the Presidential Distinguished Service Award. In September 1997 he received the United Nations Environment Programme's Ozone Award for his work in negotiating the protocol and subsequent efforts on behalf of the ozone layer.