1. Progress under the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols
Henning Wuester
Secretariat of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
(for general information)
(for the Task Force)

2. 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

3. 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, 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

4. The new Protocols (not yet in force):
1998 Protocol on Heavy Metals, 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

5. 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