Decision 68/2

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The report on balances and availability of resources contained in documents UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/68/4 and Add.1;
   2. That the net level of funds being returned by the implementing agencies to the 68^th meeting was US $309,652 against projects, which included the return of US $212,468 from UNDP and US $97,184 from UNIDO;
   3. That the net level of support costs being returned by the implementing agencies to the 68^th meeting was US $417,111 against projects, which included the return of US $18,328 from UNDP, US $810 from UNEP, US $7,288 from UNIDO, and US $390,685 from the World Bank;
   4. That implementing agencies had balances totalling US $720,382, excluding support costs, from projects completed over two years previously, which included US $145,202 for UNDP, US $130,669 for UNEP and US $444,511 for UNIDO;
   5. That the Government of France had balances totalling US $14,012, including support costs, for one project completed over two years previously;
   6. That the net level of funds and support costs being returned by the bilateral agencies to the 68^th meeting was US $148,286, which included the return of US $146,869 from the Government of France and US $1,417 from the Government of Italy; and to request the Treasurer to follow up with the Governments concerned on the cash transfer of those amounts;
   7. The Government of Spain’s return of accrued interest of US $157,755 for the projects BRA/FUM/46/INV/272 and MEX/FUM/42/TAS/118 directly to the Treasurer as additional income to the Fund;
2. To request implementing agencies with projects completed in 2007 and 2008 to return the balances as soon as possible;
3. To approve an additional US $57,579 in support costs for UNEP for the national CFC phase-out plan for the Philippines (PHI/PHA/66/INV/94), in accordance with decision 66/2(a)(iv);
4. With regard to the request by the Government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia relating to its terminal phase-out management plan (TPMP), to approve:
   1. The transfer of the balance of US $5,000 of the second tranche of the TPMP from the Government of Canada to UNDP;
   2. The transfer of US $375 for agency support costs from Canada to UNDP and the return of US $275 from the Government of Canada to the Multilateral Fund;
   3. The revised Agreement between the Government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia and the Executive Committee contained in Annex II to the present report;
5. With regard to the national ODS phase-out plan for Tunisia, to approve:
   1. The transfer of the national ODS phase-out plan for Tunisia from the World Bank to UNIDO;
   2. The transfer of the balance of US $758,432, including US $52,914 in agency support costs, from the World Bank to UNIDO; and
   3. The revised Agreement between the Government of Tunisia and the Executive Committee contained in Annex III to the present report.