Awards Book - Ozone Secretariat - UNEP

Ms. Marcia Levaggi has been a vital presence at Protocol meetings for many years. Her
insights and leadership have combined to enable her to perform outstandingly in a number
of roles, including as a national representative, a member of the Implementation Committee,
chair of the Executive Committee and the Experts Meeting on Ozone and Climate, and
co-chair of the Open-ended Working Group.
Mr. Liu Yi was head of China’s National Ozone Unit and a valued member of the Executive
Committee of the Multilateral Fund for over a decade. During that time, in his work for
China, he helped develop and negotiate through the Multilateral Fund the first sector plan, the
first production sector closure and the first plan to enable an accelerated phase-out of
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and halons. His visionary work has benefited not only China but
also the ozone layer and the global community.
Mr. Pierre Pinault has been a valuable asset to the Parties. His knowledge, even-handedness
and abilities as a negotiator and leader have led to his selection to head contact groups and to
bring Parties to consensus on many of the Protocol’s hardest issues. His latest efforts, which
have enabled the Parties to get a head start in considering future issues, will pay dividends to
the Parties for many years to come.
Mr. Rajendra Shende has worked tirelessly for almost 15 years for UNEP and the cause
of ozone protection. His management of the OzonAction group has enabled UNEP to play a
central role in building the capacity of Parties operating under Article 5 of the Protocol and
enabling them to comply with the Protocol.
Mr. Sidi Menad Si-Ahmed has been an active participant in efforts to combat ozone
depletion since before the Protocol’s negotiation. As a representative of Algeria, who was
also active on the Executive Committee, and then as a member and then head of the United
Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Montreal Protocol team, his work
has contributed to the compliance of a large number of developing countries with the
Protocol.
Mr. Klaus Töpfer has contributed to the Montreal Protocol in his role as Germany’s
Minister of the Environment and as Executive Director of UNEP from 1998 to 2006. During
that time, his steadfast support for the Multilateral Fund, the Ozone Secretariat and the ozone
treaties helped facilitate the firm institutionalization of those key bodies and move forward
the implementation of those treaties.
Mr. Jukka Uosukainen has served the Protocol Parties in a variety of capacities, including
as co-chair of the Open-ended Working group and of several negotiating groups, including
those dealing with the replenishment of the Multilateral Fund, and as a strong and creative
representative of Finland.
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