From December 11 to 14, 2000, the 12th Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (hereinafter as the Montreal Protocol) was held in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso. Delegates from 119 contracting parties, the relevant UN bodies, intergovernmental international organizations and NGOs attended the meeting. The Chinese Delegation consisted of officials from the State Environmental Protection Administration, the Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Finance and the Environmental Protection Department of the Government of the HKSAR attended the meeting.

The meeting adopted 14 resolutions and the Ouagadougou Declaration. The main contents of the resolutions were as follows: The adjustment of the proportion of the permitted production of methyl bromine to meet domestic needs from 15% as contained in the Beijing Declaration to 10%; urging the parties to take transitory measures to gradually phase out the use of CFC in MDI; the prevention of the depletion of ODS and the illegal trade in products containing ODS. The Ouagadougou Declaration finally adopted by the meeting affirmed the efforts made by the parties in phasing out ODS and expressed its appreciation for the important work undertaken by the governments of various countries, the multilateral funds and the various bodies in transmitting information and making recommendations for enhancing the knowledge of the public and capability building.

At this meeting, the EU again tabled a draft resolution to advance the schedule of the production, consumption, freezing and phasing out of HCFC by the states, i.e. the developing countries as contained in Article 5. This was resolutely opposed by the developing countries represented by "the Group of 77+China". Eventually the draft resolution was not adopted.