Over 550 representatives of governmental and non-governmental organizations and industries participated in the eighteenth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MOP-18) in New Delhi, India, from 30 October-3 November 2006.

MOP-18 adopted 37 decisions, including on: essential-use nominations for use of chloro- fluorocarbons, and other issues arising out of the 2006 reports of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP); future work following the Secretariats workshop on the Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the TEAP; nominations for continued use of methyl bromide under the .critical-use. exemption; difficulties faced by developing countries in manufacturing metered-dose inhalers; treatment of stockpiled ozone-depleting substances (ODS) relative to compliance; a feasibility study on developing a system for monitoring the transboundary movement of ODS; and key challenges to be faced by parties in protecting the ozone layer over the next decade. Parties deferred consideration
of multi-year methyl bromide critical-use exemptions and options that parties may consider
in relation to methyl bromide stocks.

(http://www.iisd.ca/ozone/mop18/)
Source: IISD MEA RS Bulletin - Issue No. 16, 16 November 2006 http://www.iisd.ca/mea-l/meabulletin16.pdf