Decision in paragraph 10 in UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/2/5/Rev.1

December 1990
Regime and operation including meeting dates and venues

10.     The Committee agreed on the following provisions regarding participation by observers:

  1. The implementing agencies are invited to participate as observers in the Committee's meeting.
  2. The President of the Bureau of the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol or his representative will be invited for the purpose of co-ordination.
  3. States not members of the Executive Committee, as well as any body or agency, whether national or international, governmental or non-governmental, qualified in fields relating to the protection of the ozone layer, may be invited for a specific reason and purpose on a case-by‑case basis, upon request by the Executive Committee, to attend its meetings as an observer.
  4. The Executive Committee may arrange, as appropriate, and in connection with its meetings, for a special opportunity to be given to NGOs to address the Committee, and the Committee would, when appropriate, give a briefing after its meetings to the press and NGOs.