A United Nations program has won the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award for the first time in the 14 year history of the prize. The award will be presented tonight at a ceremony in Washington to a specialized branch of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) that helps enable governments and industry in developing countries comply with the Montreal Protocol by phasing out substances that deplete the ozone layer. The OzonAction Branch of UNEP's Division of Technology, Industry and Economics based in Paris is the award winning UNEP branch honored by the EPA prize.