Well attestedNamed from the place
Montreal Protocol
noun · first attested 1987
The treaty named for a Canadian city was the first every country ratified.
The 1987 treaty that phased out the chemicals destroying stratospheric ozone.
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Montreal Protocol
Delegates signed the agreement in Montreal in September 1987, and the host city's name attached to it as it has to other environmental accords. It was the first United Nations treaty ratified by every member state, and the ozone layer is now measurably recovering.
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Canada
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