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Parties with reservations, declarations and objections
China
19-05-2010
The Government of the People’s Republic of China would also like to reiterate that
Article 5 of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer shall
not apply to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic
of China and the Macao Special Administrative
Region of the People’s Republic of China.
Holy See
05-05-2008
In acceding to the Vienna Convention on the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, as well as its four
Amendments: London (1990), Copenhagen (1992), Montreal (1997) and Beijing (1999),
the Holy See desires to encourage the entire International Community to be resolute
in promoting authentic cooperation between politics, science and economics. Such cooperation,
as has been shown in the case of the ozone regime, can achieve important outcomes,
which make it simultaneously possible to safeguard creation, to promote integral human
development and to care for the common good, in a spirit of responsible solidarity
and with profound positive repercussions for present and future generations.
In conformity with its own nature and with the particular character of Vatican City
State, the Holy See, by means of the solemn act of accession, intends to give its
own moral support to the commitment of States to the correct and effective implementation
of the Treaties in question and to the attaining of the mentioned objectives. To this
end, it expresses the wish that by recognizing 'the signs of [an economic growth]
that has not always been able to protect the delicate balances of nature' (Homily
of Pope Benedict XVI at Loreto, 2 September 2007), all actors will intensify the aforesaid
cooperation and strengthen 'the alliance between man and the environment, which must
mirror the creative love of God, from whom we come and to whom we are bound'(Benedict
XVI, After the Angelus, 16 September 2007).
Spain
17-04-2015
1. Gibraltar is a Non-Self-Governing Territory for whose international relations the
Government of the United Kingdom is responsible and which is subject to a process
of decolonization in accordance with the relevant decisions and resolutions of the
General Assembly.
2. The authorities of Gibraltar are local in character, and exercise competences exclusively
over internal affairs that originate in and are based on the powers allocated to and
conferred on them by the United Kingdom, in accordance with its domestic legislation
and in its capacity as the sovereign State upon which depends the said Non-Self-Governing
Territory.
3. Consequently, any involvement by the Gibraltarian authorities in the implementation
of this Amendment shall be understood to take place exclusively within the framework
of the internal affairs of Gibraltar and shall not be considered to affect in any
way the content of the two preceding paragraphs.
4. The procedure envisaged in the “Arrangements relating to Gibraltar authorities
in the context of certain international treaties (2007)”, which were agreed to by
Spain and the United Kingdom on 19 December 2007 together with "Agreed Arrangements
relating to Gibraltar authorities in the context of European Union and European Community
Instruments and Related Treaties" of 19 April 2000 applies to the present Amendment.
5. The application of the present Amendment to Gibraltar cannot be interpreted as
recognition of any rights or situations involving matters not included in Article
10 of the Treaty of Utrecht of 13 July 1713, signed by the crowns of Spain and Great
Britain.