Following the discussion, the Executive Committee decided:
- To approve the requests submitted by UNDP for preparation of HCFC phase-out management plans (HPMPs) for Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Fiji, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago and Uruguay at the corresponding level of funding indicated in Annex IV to the present document, bearing in mind the terms of decision 54/23 under which US $257,000 plus agency support costs of US $19,275 had been approved as an advance for HPMP project preparation;
- In the case of China, to approve the request for HPMP preparation at the level of funding of US $1,480,000 plus agency support costs of US $111,000, as indicated in Annex IV to the present report, to cover the costs of developing the overarching strategy, as well as sector phase-out plans for the XPS foam, solvent, and the industrial and commercial refrigeration sectors, on the condition that no further funding for project preparation for Stage 1 for these sectors would be approved by the Executive Committee;
- To note that the Government of Côte d’Ivoire had requested the withdrawal of the request for HPMP preparation for that country;
- To defer consideration of UNDP’s requests for HPMP preparation in India and the Islamic Republic of Iran until the 56th Meeting of the Executive Committee.