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{{Infobox Treaty
| name                = Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer 
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| date_signed         = 22 March 1985
| location_signed     = [[Vienna]]
| date_sealed         =
| date_effective      = 	22 September 1988
| condition_effective = ratification by 20 states
| date_expiration     =
| signatories         = 28<ref name = ratifications/>
| ratifiers           = 197<ref name = ratifications/>
| depositor           =[[Secretary-General of the United Nations]]
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| languages           =Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish 
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The '''Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer''' is a [[Multilateral Environmental Agreement]]. It was agreed upon at the [[Vienna Conference (1985)|Vienna Conference]] of 1985 and entered into force in 1988. In terms of universality, it is one of the [[List of treaties by number of parties|most successful treaties]] of all time, having been ratified by 197 states (all United Nations members as well as the [[Holy See]], [[Niue]] and the [[Cook Islands]]) as well as the [[European Union]].<ref name = ratifications>{{cite web|url=http://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVII-2&chapter=27&lang=en|accessdate=17 January 2012|title=Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer|work=[[United Nations Treaty Series]]}}</ref>

It acts as a framework for the international efforts to protect the [[ozone layer]]. However, it does not include legally binding reduction goals for the use of [[Chlorofluorocarbon|CFC]]s, the main chemical agents causing [[ozone depletion]]. These are laid out in the accompanying [[Montreal Protocol]].

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://ozone.unep.org/new_site/en/vienna_convention.php The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer] at [[The Ozone Secretariat]] at the [[United Nations Environment Programme]]
*[http://www.unep.ch/ozone/index.shtml UNEP: The Ozone Secretariat website]
*[http://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVII-2&chapter=27&lang=en Ratifications]
*[http://treaties.un.org/doc/Treaties/1988/09/19880922%2003-14%20AM/Ch_XXVII_02p.pdf Treaty text]
* [http://legal.un.org/avl/ha/vcpol/vcpol.html Introductory note by Edith Brown Weiss, procedural history note and audiovisual material] on the ''Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer'' in the [http://legal.un.org/avl/historicarchives.html Historic Archives of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law]
*[http://www.ecolex.org/ecolex/ledge/view/RecordDetails;DIDPFDSIjsessionid=D9BB277000DBC9205BB8C72E4AB059F6?id=TRE-000829&index=treaties Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer], Treaty available in ECOLEX-the gateway to environmental law (English)

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