Cambodia has become the 118th party to ratify the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.

“Please accept our sincere congratulations on being the one hundred and eighteenth party to ratify the Amendment. This significant achievement, which has been posted on the Secretariat website at the following link: https://ozone.org/all-ratifications sets an important example that we trust will be followed in the coming months by many more parties,” wrote Ms. Megumi Seki Nakamura, Acting Executive Secretary of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in a recent message to H.E. Heng Nareth, Director General of the General Directorate of Environmental Protection, Ministry of Environment of Cambodia.

The Kingdom ratified the Kigali Amendment on April 8, 2021.

The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol is an international agreement to gradually reduce the consumption and production of climate-warming hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press