WORLD IN BRIEF : BRITAIN : U.S., Third World Clash on Chemicals
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Proposals on financing to ban ozone-destroying chemicals sparked a clash between the United States and the Third World at an international conference in London, delegates said. Under consideration are measures to strengthen the protocol that commits 56 nations to a 50% cut in the production of chlorofluorocarbons by 1999. It calls for developed nations to contribute to a $160-million global fund to help developing countries finance conversion to technologies that will not hurt the Earth’s protective ozone layer.
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