Decision 67/3

July 2012
Jamaica
CAN | FRA | SWE | UNDP | UNEP | UNIDO | World Bank
Report on balances and availability of resources

The Executive Committee decided:

  1. To note:
    1. The report on balances and availability of resources contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/67/4;
    2. The return of US $2,733 from Canada’s bilateral technical assistance project to phase out the use of methyl bromide in Jamaica (JAM/FUM/47/TAS/22);
    3. That the net level of funds being returned by the implementing agencies to the 67th meeting was US $1,958,285 against projects, which included the return of US $1,190,304 from UNDP, US $296,503 from UNEP, US $295,883 from UNIDO and US $175,595 from the World Bank;
    4. That the net level of support costs being returned by the implementing agencies to the 67th meeting was US $139,727 against projects, which included the return of US $72,986 from UNDP, US $25,094 from UNEP, US $22,274 from UNIDO and US $19,373 from the World Bank;
    5. That implementing agencies had balances totalling US $1,073,513, excluding support costs, from projects completed over two years previously, which included US $282,707 from UNDP, US $199,653 from UNEP, and US $591,153 from UNIDO;
    6. The feedback received from UNDP, UNEP and UNIDO on the projects with long outstanding obligated balances completed in 2005, 2006 and 2007;
    7. That the Government of France still had unobligated balances totalling US $78,440, excluding support costs, attributed to a project completed over two years previously;
  2. To request the Treasurer to follow up with the Government of Sweden its return of a total of US $114,046 in cash to the Fund; and
  3. To request implementing agencies with projects completed in 2005, 2006 and 2007 to return the balances as soon as possible.