Decision 59/53

Following the discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. That the Chair might attend coordination meetings held in the margins of Executive Committee Meetings, as an observer; and
   2. That, at the last meeting of the year, if it was felt that the incoming Chair would benefit from continuity measures, the incumbent Chair could bring the matter to the attention of the Executive Committee (decision 57/1(d));
2. To request the Secretariat to identify the activities of the incoming Chair and Vice‑Chair, along with information on possible relevant missions, and to provide that information to the Chair and Vice-Chair to facilitate the smooth transition of the incoming leadership;
3. To encourage the Chair to attend meetings of the Implementation Committee so as to better understand issues related to maintaining compliance, an important part of the Executive Committee’s deliberations;
4. To encourage Vice-Chairs unfamiliar with the working of the Executive Committee to attend briefings of the Chair;
5. To note that the Executive Committee had decided at its 11^th Meeting (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/11/36, paragraph 24) that budget line 3301 of the Secretariat’s budget could be used to support travel of the Chair or Vice-Chair of the Executive Committee, irrespective of whether or not they represented countries operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5, if such travel was required to enable the Chair or Vice-Chair to represent the Executive Committee; and
6. To note with appreciation that the approved budget had been effectively reduced over the period 2006-2009 and the proposed budget of US $15,000 for travel associated with Executive Committee-related activities in 2010, as proposed by the Multilateral Fund Secretariat (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/59/58), would be sufficient.