Decision 63/2

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The report on balances and availability of resources contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/63/4;
   2. That the net level of funds being returned by the implementing agencies at the 63^rd meeting was US $147,387 against projects, which included the return of US $67,890 from UNDP, US $39,140 from UNEP, and US $40,357 from UNIDO;
   3. That the net level of support costs being returned by the implementing agencies at the 63^rd meeting was US $15,670 against projects, which included the return of US $8,707 from UNDP, US $3,591 from UNEP and US $3,372 from UNIDO;
   4. With concern that implementing agencies had balances totalling US $3,301,923, excluding support costs, from projects completed over two years prior to the meeting, which included US $886,174 for UNDP, US $1,124,885 for UNEP, US $634,543 for UNIDO, and US $656,321 for the World Bank;
   5. That bilateral agencies had balances totalling US $96,319, excluding support costs, from projects completed over two years earlier, attributable to the Governments of France and Japan;
   6. That the net level of funds and support costs being returned by the bilateral agencies at the 63^rd meeting was US $1,008,739, including the return of US $558,527 from the Government of Canada, US $52,712 from the Government of Finland, and US $397,500 from the Government of France;
2. To request the Treasurer to follow up with the Governments of Canada, Finland and France the cash transfer of the amounts indicated in subparagraph (a)(vi) above;
3. Noting the consent of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, to approve the transfer of the halon project in the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRA/HAL/28/TAS/49) from the Government of France to UNIDO, at the amount of US $397,500 in project costs, plus agency support costs of US $29,813 for UNIDO, and to offset US $397,500 for bilateral funding by the Government of France;
4. Noting the consent of the Government of Mexico, to approve the transfer of the national methyl bromide phase-out plan in Mexico (second tranche) (MEX/FUM/60/INV/149) from the Government of Canada to UNIDO, at the amount of US $500,000 in project costs, plus agency support costs of US $37,500 for UNIDO, and to offset US $500,000, plus support costs of US $58,527 for bilateral funding by the Government of Canada;
   1. To request UNDP to follow up on clearing the obligated balances and to report progress made on the financially closed projects by the 64^th meeting;
   2. To note the explanation by UNEP regarding the obligated balance against the institutional strengthening project in Peru, approved in 2002 at the 29^th meeting of the Executive Committee, and to request UNEP to justify obligated balances for projects completed over two years previously at the 64^th meeting; and
   3. To request UNIDO to expedite the financial completion of projects with obligated and unobligated balances for projects completed two years earlier with a view to returning the unobligated balances at the 64^th meeting.