Progress under the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols Henning Wuester Secretariat of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe http://www.unece.org/env/lrtap (for general information) http://www.unece.org/env/tfiam (for the Task Force)

The coverage of the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (47 Parties) Artic Ocean Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Slovenia Hungary Slovakia Poland Lithuania Latvia Estonia Finland Armenia Sweden Georgia Norway Belarus Czech Rep. Ukraine Denmark Moldova Germany Yugoslavia Austria Bulgaria Liechtenstein Turkey Italy Monaco Cyprus Switzerland Malta Netherlands Greece Belgium F.Y.R.of Macedonia Luxembourg Albania France Bosnia and Herzegovina Spain Croatia Portugal Ireland United Kingdom Romania Russian Federation Iceland Kara Sea Barents Sea North Sea Mediterranean Sea Black Sea Caspian Sea Aral Canada of America Kyrgyzstan

The Protocols in force: 1984 Protocol on the Long-term Financing of the Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution, EMEP, 38 Parties 1985 Protocol on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions by at least 30 per cent, 22 Parties 1988 Protocol on the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides, 28 Parties 1991 Protocol on the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds, 20 Parties 1994 Protocol on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions, 23 Parties

The new Protocols (not yet in force): 1998 Protocol on Heavy Metals, 36 Signatories, 7 ratifications 1998 Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants, 36 Signatories, 6 ratifications 1999 Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone, 31 Signatories

Review of Protocols: Results of the 32nd session of WGSR Gothenburg Protocol to serve as 2nd step to 1988 NOx Protocol, 1991 VOC Protocol and for the review of the 1994 Sulphur Protocol Further reviews in the framework of the Gothenburg Protocol, integrated multi-effects, multi-pollutant approach Particulate matter pollution as part of the preparation for the Gothenburg Protocol Review WGSR expressed satisfaction with progress in PM modelling