Decision 72/43

Following the report on the informal discussions, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To take note of the revised 2014, and proposed 2015 and 2016 budgets of the Secretariat contained in Annex II of document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/72/45;
2. To approve the revised 2014 budget, as contained in Annex XV to the present report, based on two Executive Committee meetings per year, to reflect:
   1. The upgrade of posts 1301 and 1310 from G7 to P2 under BL 1115 and BL 1116, respectively, effective June 2014, with a transfer of US $12,500 from BL 1201 and US $12,500 from BL 1335 to BL 1115 and BL 1116, respectively, to offset the increase in personnel costs due to a six month upgrade of the two posts; and that post under BL 1303* is classifiable at P2 level and could be accommodated within the Secretariat staff allocation;
   2. A decrease in the following budget lines:

resulting in a total cost of US $6,818,463, including 9 per cent in programme support costs;

3. To approve the revised 2015 budget, as contained in Annex XV to the present report to reflect the two upgrades with additional transfers of US $12,500 compared to 2014 from BL 1201 and BL 1335 to BL 1115 and BL 1116, respectively, to cover the 12-month upgrade of posts BL 1115 and BL 1116, and to introduce operational costs at the same level as 2014 in the additional amount of US $2,807,073, totalling US $6,940,604, including 9 per cent programme support costs, and on the understanding that no allocation was made for a third meeting in 2015; and
4. To approve the revised 2016 budget, as contained in Annex XV to the present report to reflect the two upgrades, to introduce operational costs in the additional amount of US $2,808,848 for 2016 to cover the two upgrades, and operational costs at the same level as 2015, totalling US $7,066,385, including 9 per cent programme support costs, on the understanding that no allocation was made for a third meeting in 2016.

*This budget line number is the right number as per UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/72/47/Corr.1.