CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer – Observed as Sep 16
- September 16 was designated by the United Nations General Assembly as the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.
- This year’s theme for the International Day for the Prevention of the Ozone Layer is ‘Montreal Protocol – Keeping us, our food, and vaccines cool.’
- This designation had been made on December 19, 2000, in commemoration of the date, in 1987, on which nations signed the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
