Decision 67/11

67th Meeting of the Executive Committee
July 2012
Algeria | Bahrain | Barbados | Benin | Chile | Dominica | Ecuador | Eswatini | Ethiopia | Gabon | Guatemala | Guyana | Haiti | Honduras | Kuwait | Mauritania | Marshall Islands | Micronesia (Federated States of) | Morocco | Palau | Paraguay | Peru | Samoa | Sao Tome and Principe | Saudi Arabia | Timor-Leste | Uganda | Yemen | Zambia | Global
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UNEP progress reports

The Executive Committee decided:

  1. To note:
    1. UNEP’s progress report contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/67/13;
    2. That significant balances remained for several projects for CFC activities, as indicated in Table 1 of document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/67/13;
    3. That UNEP had four projects classified with implementation delays, including one that had been classified as such the previous year, and that a report on those projects should be submitted to the 68th meeting;
    4. The report on expenditures for the 2011 Compliance Assistance Programme budget and the return of funds pursuant to decision 35/36(d);
  2. To urge:
    1. UNEP and the Government of Mauritania to finalize arrangements to enable the release of funding for the institutional strengthening (IS) project (MAU/SEV/57/INS/23);
    2. The Government of Morocco to provide the required progress and expenditure reports to enable the release of funds for its IS project (MOR/SEV/59/INS/63);
    3. UNEP and the Government of Mauritania to enable HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) project preparation for the country to be finalized (MAU/PHA/55/PRP/20);
    4. UNEP to publish the“Study on challenges associated with halon banking in developing countries” (GLO/HAL/52/TAS/281) by the 68th meeting in order to avoid consideration of the possible return of project funds;
    5. UNEP to submit the outstanding terminal phase-out management plan verification reports for Kuwait (KUW/PHA/57/TAS/15) and Zambia (ZAM/PHA/57/TAS/25) as soon as possible;
  3. To request the submission of additional status reports to the 68th meeting to monitor:
    1. Progress in the national CFC phase-out plan in Ecuador (ECU/PHA/61/TAS/48, ECU/PHA/61/TAS/50 and ECU/PHA/61/TAS/52), and the methyl bromide phase-out plan in Guatemala (GUA/FUM/59/TAS/39), in light of the fact that they had been approved over one year previously and disbursement levels were below 10 per cent;
    2. The signing of the agreement on the IS projects in Benin (BEN/SEV/62/INS/24) and São Tome and Principe (STP/SEV/63/INS/20);
    3. The depositing of the instruments of ratification of the Beijing Amendment by the Governments of Ecuador, Haiti and Peru;
    4. Implementation of the revised plan of activities for the IS project in Haiti (HAI/SEV/59/INS/16);
    5. Progress in the IS projects in Yemen (YEM/SEV/59/INS/34), in light of the security situation in the country, and in Algeria (ALG/SEV/57/INS/69) as there had been no disbursement in 2011;
    6. The closing of the refrigerant management plan for Yemen (YEM/REF/37/TAS/19);
    7. HPMP project preparation activities in Barbados (BAR/PHA/55/PRP/18), Ethiopia (ETH/PHA/56/PRP/19), Haiti (HAI/PHA/57/PRP/13), Mauritania (MAU/PHA/55/PRP/20), Saudi Arabia (SAU/PHA/55/PRP/06), Uganda (UGA/PHA/56/PRP/14) and Yemen (YEM/PHA/55/PRP/30), if those projects were not submitted to the 68th meeting, and Bahrain (BAH/PHA/55/PRP/19) if the project was not resubmitted to the 68th meeting;
    8. HPMPs with issues related to:
      1. Delays in signing the agreements for Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau;
      2. Government requirements for disbursement in the case of Chile;
      3. Delays in signing the agreement for Paraguay, although HPMP funds had been programmed for 2012 to 2014;
      4. Delays in signing the agreement and change in staff composition at the National Ozone Unit (NOU) in the case of Timor-Leste;
      5. Rationalization of resources for Dominica and Honduras;
      6. Government changes and/or absence of a National Ozone Officer for Gabon, Guyana, and São Tome and Principe; and
      7. Delays in payment of funds to the NOU by the local UNDP office, despite early dispatch of authorization from UNEP in the case of Swaziland.