Decision 75/58

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The progress report on the implementation of the first tranche of stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea;
   2. The request by the Government to transfer to UNIDO all the phase-out activities included in stage I of the HPMP that originally been intended for implementation by UNEP;
2. To request UNEP to return to the Multilateral Fund at the 76^th meeting the balance remaining from the US $43,500 plus agency support costs of US $5,655 that had been approved in the first tranche of stage I of the HPMP;
3. To approve the transfer from UNEP to UNIDO of the balance remaining from the US $43,500 in sub-paragraph (b) above, along with applicable agency support costs;
4. To further approve the transfer from UNEP to UNIDO of funding of US $158,500, plus agency support costs of US $11,095, approved in principle and associated with the second, third and fourth funding tranches of the HPMP;
5. To request the Secretariat to revise the Agreement between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Executive Committee to reflect sub-paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) above, upon receipt of the request for funding for the third tranche of the HPMP;
6. To approve the second tranche of stage I of the HPMP for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and the corresponding 2016 tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $506,680, plus agency support costs of US $35,468 for UNIDO; and
7. To request UNIDO when submitting and implementing future tranches of the HPMP, to follow an approach similar to that taken for the first and second tranches of stage I of the HPMP for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in terms of compliance with the resolutions of United Nations Security Council, the modality of disbursement, organizational structures and monitoring procedures.