"The gap in the availability, quality, coherence, standardization and accessibility of data between the developed and developing world has been increasing, seriously impairing the capacities of countries to make informed decisions concerning environment and development." -- Agenda 21, Chapter 40.2 To make such strategic decisions in a timely fashion, updated and neutral information should be available in a readily-accessible and "user-friendly" format. UNEP's Division of Technology, Industry and Economics (UNEP TIE) in Paris is helping to meet this need through the updated version of its electronic reference tool, the OzonAction Strategic Information System (OASIS).Developed by the UNEP TIE OzonAction Programme under the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol, OASIS is an easy-to-use CD-ROM-based reference system that provides essential resource material related to the implementation of the Protocol. Although it is designed primarily for National Ozone Units (NOUs), industry associations, and enterprises in developing countries, OASIS will be a useful information resources for anyone who is directly or indirectly involved in the phase out of ozone depleting substances (ODS). his release includes updated and significantly expanded information from key members of the international Montreal Protocol community, and includes many new features in a new CD-ROM format. OASIS helps users better understand how to meet the technical and policy challenges that their countries, businesses or organizations face under the Montreal Protocol.