Decision 49/9

49th Meeting of the Executive Committee
July 2006
Argentina | Bangladesh | Burkina Faso | Costa Rica | Dominican Republic | Egypt | Gabon | Haiti | Honduras | Mexico | Nigeria | Panama | Togo | Benin | Cameroon | Congo | Democratic Republic of the Congo
UNDP
UNDP progress reports

Following the discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

  1. To note UNDP’s progress report contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/49/11 and the revised proposal for the halon banking project in Mexico, contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/49/11/Add.1;
  2. To request status reports on the following projects, to be submitted to the 50th Meeting;
    1. ODS phase-out in Bangladesh (BGD/PHA/42/TAS/19);
    2. Methyl bromide phase-out plan in Costa Rica (COS/FUM/43/INV/33);
    3. National CFC phase-out plan in Panama (PAN/PHA/44/INV/22 and PAN/PHA/47/INV/24);
    4. Terminal foam umbrella project in Argentina (ARG/FOA/38/INV/132);
    5. Country programme update in Nigeria (NIR/SEV/36/CPG/102);
    6. Regional halon bank West and Central Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Guinea) (AFR/HAL/37/TAS/31);
    7. Halon banking in the Dominican Republic (DOM/HAL/38/TAS/32);
    8. Halon banking activity in Egypt (EGY/HAL/32/TAS/81);
    9. Monitoring of RMP in Burkina Faso (BKF/REF/34/TAS/13);
    10. Spare parts component of the RMP in Gabon (GAB/REF/41/TAS/11);
    11. RMP activities in Haiti (HAI/REF/39/TAS/04 and HAI/REF/39/TAS/06);
    12. Monitoring component of RMP in Togo (TOG/REF/38/TAS/05);
    13. Technician training component of the RMP in Honduras (HON/REF/44/TAS/15);
  3. To note UNDP’s intention to submit a status report to the 50th Meeting on the HCFC surveys under implementation that were due to be completed in December 2006, while encouraging UNDP to complete as many surveys as possible by the 50th Meeting;
  4. To approve the revised proposal for the halon banking project in Mexico (MEX/HAL/35/TAS/104) at the amount of US $50,000 of the remaining balance of US $70,218 for the project after considering the issue of the sustainability of the halon bank;
  5. To note that UNDP would report to the 50th Meeting on up to 31 projects with implementation delays, including six projects that were classified as such in 2004; and
  6. To urge UNDP to resolve the overrun issue in the context of the annual reconciliation of accounts to be submitted to the 50th Meeting.