61.   If the protocol is to prove to be more than just a statement of good intentions, money must be found, said UN Environment Programme coordinator Lucien Chabason.

62.   The protocol is of indefinite duration and cannot be changed unilaterally.

63.   The protocol is to serve as a basis for an international treaty to be discussed in December next year in Kyoto, Japan.

64.   There are three protocols to the treaty which can only be signed by the nuclear weapons states.