Decision 44/27

Following the discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve UNEP’s Compliance Assistance Programme (CAP) budget for 2005, attached as Annex V to the present report, at the amount of US $7,157,544 plus support costs of US $572,604 on the following basis:
   1. Approval of the programme line on sub-contracting for a one-year trial period, at the conclusion of which UNEP would report to the Executive Committee on sub-contracts entered into at a regional level (budget line 2299);
   2. A reduction of US $40,000 to the amount requested for temporary assistance to establish the CAP (budget line 1317);
   3. Approval of the half-time general service post as assistant to the Regional Network Coordinator for Europe and Central Asia;
   4. Provision within the budget allocation for a halon officer for the West Asia region;
   5. Any additional professional position for the West Asia region should be funded from within the CAP budget; and
2. To request UNEP to continue to report to the Executive Committee on the actual allocation and use of the 8 per cent programme support costs between support services pertaining to the implementation of the CAP and the administrative support costs charged by the United Nations Office at Nairobi.