The Executive Committee decided that the following requests would not be approved but would be retained in the 1998 work programmes until such time as the countries had submitted a letter declaring their intent to ratify the Amendment within nine months, after which the Committee could re-examine the proposal:
UNDP
China: Project preparation for one methyl bromide alternative demonstration project
Lebanon: Project preparation for one methyl bromide alternative demonstration
project
Philippines: Project preparation for a methyl bromide alternative demonstration project
Tanzania: Project preparation for a methyl bromide demonstration project
Zambia: Project preparation for a methyl bromide alternative demonstration project
UNIDO
China: Preparation of a demonstration project (grain fumigation)
Dominican Republic: Preparation of a demonstration project (tobacco, cucurbits, flowers,
tomatoes)
El Salvador: Preparation of a demonstration project (tobacco, broccoli, cucurbits)
Honduras: Preparation of a demonstration project (tobacco, tomatoes, cucurbits,
strawberries)
India: Preparation of a demonstration project (grain fumigation)
Indonesia: Preparation of a demonstration project (tobacco, tomatoes, pepper)
Macedonia: Preparation of a demonstration project in methyl bromide (tobacco, pepper,
tomatoes)
Nicaragua: Preparation of a demonstration project (tobacco, cucurbits, seed beds)
Romania: Preparation of a demonstration project (tomatoes, cucumber, strawberries,
grains)
Senegal: Preparation of a demonstration project (tobacco, peanuts)
Zambia: Preparation of a demonstration project (tobacco, flowers)