Taking note of the budget of the Fund Secretariat for the year 2001 (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/17) and having considered the recommendation of the Sub-Committee on Monitoring, Evaluation and Finance (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/3, para. 31), the Executive Committee decided to approve the proposed budget for the Secretariat as contained in Annex IV to the present report.