The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To note with appreciation the report of the Fund Secretariat on the Technical Workshop on Concessional Lending (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/38/67 and UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/38/67/Corr.1) as well as the report of UNEP on the proceedings of the workshop (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/38/Inf.2);
(b) To express gratitude to the Government of Japan for the convening of the Technical Workshop with the assistance of UNEP;
(c) To note that the technical workshop served for useful exchange of views between Article 5 countries and non-Article 5 countries on concessional lending;
(d) To further note that the respective reports contained useful information on the modalities of concessional lending and their practical applications;
(e) To acknowledge the significant progress achieved in discussing the issue of concessional lending at the technical workshop and at the 38th meeting of the Executive Committee;
(f) To include an item on concessional lending on the agenda of the 39th meeting of the Executive Committee.