Remembering Our Future: Commemorating the End of Production of Ozone Depleting Chemicals United Nations Environment Programme 6/14/2005 2:32:33 PM PARIS, FRANCE, June 13, 2005 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- For the first time ever, factories that produce chemicals that damage the Earth’s protective ozone later are being closed under a multilateral environmental agreement (MEA). Future generations should recognise and be inspired by this extraordinary action happening today. A unique new global initiative called "Remembering Our Future" to mark such sites worldwide where the manufacturing facilities for ozone depleting substances have been permanently closed has been launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Division of Technology, Industry and Economics (DTIE) OzonAction Programme. Ozone depleting substances (ODS) are being phased out

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