The Executive Committee decided to adopt the following Calendar of Meetings and Work Programme of the Executive Committee for 1998 which took into consideration the projection of workload during 1998, the timing of other related important events such as the seventeenth OEWG meeting (6-10 July 1998) and the Tenth Meeting of the Parties (tentatively 17-27 November 1998):
| Mtg No. | Timing | Interval from previous mtg | Work to be done in the interval | Agenda |
| 24th | 23-27 March 1998 | 4 months | Revise 1998 business plans and work programmes. Complete the remaining projects from the 1997 business plans. Prepare policy papers | Approve revised 1998 business plans and work programmes. Approve the remaining projects from 1997 business plans. Approve policy papers. Consider funding of projects for process agents |
| 25th | 27-31 July 1998 | 4 months | Prepare projects, policy papers, progress reports, evaluation of 1997 business plans, national status of phase-out | Approve projects and policy papers. Review progress reports, evaluation of 1997 business plans and national status of phase-out |
| 26th | 9-13 November 1998* | 4 months | Prepare projects, policy papers, draft 1999 business plans, necessary elements of work programmes | Approve projects, policy papers, draft 1999 business plans, necessary and non-contentious elements of work programmes |