Decision 63/26

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To take note of the progress report on the implementation of the first tranche of the national phase-out plan (NPP) of Iraq in 2009 and 2010;
2. To approve the 2011 and 2012 annual implementation plans;
3. To request UNEP to provide verification of Iraq’s 2010 consumption, based on trade and similar quality information, no later than 30 September 2011;
4. To request the Government of Iraq, with the assistance of UNEP and UNIDO, to submit a progress report on the implementation of the work programme associated with the second and final tranche of the NPP no later than the 67^th meeting of the Executive Committee; and
5. To approve the second and final tranche of the NPP for Iraq at the level of US $505,000, plus agency support costs of US $65,650 for UNEP, and US $303,000, plus agency support costs of US $22,725 for UNIDO, on the understanding that only 50 per cent of the funds for each agency would be disbursed until the Secretariat had notified UNEP that it had received satisfactory verification of the 2010 consumption referred to in subparagraph (c) above.