Decision 73/67

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the reconciliation of the 2013 accounts contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/73/56;
2. To request UNDP to adjust, in its progress report, the previously understated support costs under the Nigeria HCFC phase-out management plan project preparation (NIR/FOA/57/PRP/123) by US $144;
3. To request the Treasurer:
   1. To withhold from its future transfers to UNDP an amount of US $205,719 representing the additional interest income reported by UNDP in its provisional financial statement, but not in its final financial statement, and to reflect that amount as a prior year adjustment in UNDP’s 2014 accounts;
   2. To record the decrease in expenditure, in the amount of US $157,470, between UNDP’s provisional and final financial statements in 2014;
   3. To withhold from its future transfers to UNIDO an amount of US $17,064 representing an additional interest income reported by UNIDO in its final statements, but not in its provisional statements, and to reflect that amount as a prior year adjustment in UNIDO’s 2014 accounts;
4. To note the 2013 outstanding reconciling items as follows:
   1. US $322,396 in income and US $1,578 in expenditure between UNEP’s progress report and final accounts;
   2. US $16 in income and US $57 in expenditure between UNIDO’s progress report and final accounts;
   3. US $8 in income between the World Bank’s progress report and final accounts;
5. To note the standing reconciling items as follows:
   1. UNDP, for unspecified projects, in the amounts of US $68,300 and US $29,054; and
   2. The World Bank, for the following projects implemented with other bilateral agencies where applicable:
      1. The refund by Government of the Philippines of US $28,434, representing an undocumented balance to the ODS project special account, which was a new item;
      2. Thailand chiller project (THA/REF/26/INV/104) in the amount of US $1,198,946;
      3. Japan bilateral (THA/PHA/68/TAS/158) in the amount of US $342,350, which was a new item;
      4. Sweden bilateral (THA/HAL/29/TAS/120) in the amount of US $225,985;
      5. United States of America bilateral (CPR/PRO/44/INV/425) in the amount of US $5,375,000; and
      6. United States of America bilateral (CPR/PRO/47/INV/439) in the amount of US $5,375,000.