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Introduction
The Executive Secretary of the Secretariat for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (Vienna Convention) and for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal Protocol) submits this report to the 2019 High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), in response to the invitation from the President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council, H.E. Ms. Inga Rhonda King. The report is structured around the template provided in the letter of invitation and deals with the theme of the 2019 HLPF: Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality. It describes the contribution of the Vienna Convention and its Montreal Protocol (the ozone treaties) towards those Sustainable Development Goals under review in 2019 that are most relevant to the work of the two treaties.
In the 2019 HLPF, the sustainable development goals to be examined from the perspective of the given theme are SDG 4 (Quality education), 8 (Decent work and economic growth), 10 (Reduced inequalities), 13 (Climate change), and 16 (Peaceful societies, justice and strong institutions) as well as SDG 17 (Partnerships for the goals). Goals 4 and 16 are not of direct relevance to the work of the ozone treaties and so will not be mentioned in this report.
