ABSTRACT
The signing of the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was a pivotal event in the history of global environmental negotiations, and it established a process that remains an important precedent for dealing with international environmental problems. A substantial share of the credit for this achievement goes to the State Department's Richard Benedick, the chief U.S. negotiator of the protocol. Three years later, the parties to the protocol met in London to consider amendments and adjustments to the agreement reached in Montreal. By then, Benedick had gone on to a new assignment. I headed the U.S. delegation to the working group that prepared for the London meeting.
