Following the discussion, the Executive Committee decided:
- To renew the arrangement by which the work of the Executive Committee took place in plenary rather than in sub-committees;
- To continue discussing, throughout 2005, the issues of reducing the number of Executive Committee meetings and establishing a procedure for intersessional approval;
- Also to request the Secretariat to produce a document compiling the views of Executive Committee members and providing an estimate of the financial implications of various scenarios; and
- To request interested Parties and implementing agencies to submit comments in writing, by 4 February 2005, for incorporation into the document to be prepared by the Secretariat.