Due to the high intensity of UV radiation during the summer months, the National Ozone Unit installed information posters at bus stops in the administrative districts of Yerevan.

Held annually on 26 June, the World Refrigeration Day was created to raise awareness about the importance of refrigeration technologies in everyday life and to raise the profile of the refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat-pump sector. On this occasion, the National Ozone Unit presents the Armenian version of "Cold Chain 4 Life" information posters, which can be guidelines for both professionals, the state and citizens.

The NOU is implementing a series of initiatives to raise public awareness, including launching and running official accounts on Facebook and Instagram social networks. From now on, you can check the daily forecasts of the UV index, as well as other news on the NOU activity, on those pages.

On June 10 2020, Ms. Liana Ghahramanyan, National Coordinator of the Ozone Program at the Ministry of Environment, spoke on the Public Radio about Armenia's efforts to restore the ozone layer. She was pleased to note that the work over the past years has not been in vain, and the restoration of the ozone layer was being observed. Ms. Ghahramanyan urged everyone to protect the ozone layer on the personal level.

World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5 all over the world. As you know the ozone layer is one of the most important parts of the environment, which protects life on Earth from the sun's ultraviolet rays.

Did you know that ozone-depleting substances are still contained in abandoned refrigerators and air conditioners, gradually leaking out into the atmosphere and destroying the ozone layer? If your NGO is involved in the utilization of household appliances, especially refrigerators and air conditioners, then we are looking for you.

Summertime brings more time spent outdoors; hence we want to highlight once again the need to avoid harmful UV rays of the sun.

The event was aimed at ensuring the due implementation of program activities in the emergency situation.

We are pleased to inform that the handbook app«Ozone Treaties» developed by the UN Ozone Secretariat is already available in all six official UN languages.

On March 26, 2020 the President of the Republic of Armenia Mr. Armen Sargsyan signed the RA Law «Օn Making Amendments to the Law «Օn Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer»».