Having considered the recommendations of the Sub-Committee on Monitoring, Evaluation and Finance (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/34/4, para. 24), the Executive Committee decided:
(a) To note with appreciation UNIDO’s progress report contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/34/13;
(b) Also to note the late submission of UNIDO’s revised progress report and request UNIDO to adhere to the deadline for submission;
(c) Further to note that UNIDO would report to the 35th meeting on 54 projects with implementation delays, including 17 projects that had been so classified in 2000;
(d) To request UNIDO to provide the 35th meeting with additional status reports, in the context of its report on projects with implementation delays, on the institutional strengthening projects in Romania and Yugoslavia, for which UNIDO had not been provided with the scheduled progress and financial reports;
(e) To set a new deadline of 1 September 2001 for completing site preparation for the“Mallol Saic foam project in Argentina” (ARG/FOA/20/INV/47), or to cancel the project at the 35th meeting with the remaining balance being returned to the Fund;
(f) To request UNIDO to reclassify the“Phasing out of CFCs at Union Camerounaise d'Entreprise project in Cameroon” (CMR/REF/18/INV/07) and the“Bole refrigeration project in China” (CPR/REF/23/INV/222) as ongoing rather than completed projects according to the definition of project completion;
(g) To note UNIDO’s explanations regarding its use of funds disbursed in its progress report and its classification of projects as completed when there were remaining activities and large undisbursed balances, and to request UNIDO to ensure that the entries in future progress reports for funds disbursed and dates of completion strictly complied with the Executive Committee’s definitions.