President Ellen Johnson has issued a Proclamation declaring Sunday, September 16, 2012 as a World Ozone Protection Day to be observed on Monday September 17, 2012 as a Working Holiday throughout the republic.

A Foreign Ministry release says the day will be celebrated under the Theme: “Protecting Our Atmosphere For the Generation to Come”.

The proclamation calls on all citizens, and foreign residents, government ministries and agencies as well as National and international organizations concerned to join the Environmental Protection Agencies in order to execute appropriate programs befitting the occasion.

September 16th of this year marks the 25th anniversary of the World Ozone Protection Day which is to be celebrated in member states as a working holiday.

The proclamation is in consonance with United Nations General Assembly  Resolution 49/114 of 1994, designating the 16th   of September of each year as International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer,  adding that the observance is in recognition of the protocol’s unique accomplishments, particularly the significant environmental and health benefits that the treaty has yielded,
The Proclamation recalled that Liberia is a signatory to the protocol signed in 1996 and therefore commit itself to ensuring appropriate and responsible reduction of the usage of ozone–depleting substances through the enactment of laws aimed at minimizing environmental impact on the use of the compounds.

In 1989, twenty–four member states met in Montreal, Canada and signed a treaty which came into force on January 1, 1989, on the substances that deplete the Ozone Layer, the proclamation declares further.