The Executive Committee decided, in light of decision 74/53 to approve the requests for funding to conduct national surveys of ODS alternatives:
- In Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bhutan, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guyana, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Liberia, Micronesia (Federated States of), Myanmar, Nepal, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Timor-Leste, United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia, each in the amount of US $40,000, plus agency support costs of US $5,200 for UNEP;
- In Angola, Armenia, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Jamaica, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Turkmenistan and Zimbabwe, each in the amount of US $70,000, plus agency support costs of US $9,100 for UNEP;
- In Afghanistan, Algeria, Cote d'Ivoire, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Sudan and Trinidad and Tobago, each in the amount of US $110,000, plus agency support costs of US $14,300 for UNEP;
- In Pakistan, in the amount of US $130,000, plus agency support costs of US $16,900 for UNEP; and
- In Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Mongolia and Republic of Moldova, each in the amount of US $20,000, plus agency support costs of US $2,600 for UNEP; in Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Togo, each in the amount of US $35,000, plus agency support costs of US $4,550 for UNEP; in Benin, Burkina Faso and Ghana, each in the amount of US $55,000, plus agency support costs of US $7,150 for UNEP; and in Nigeria, in the amount of US $65,000, plus agency support costs of US $8,450 for UNEP, noting that eligible funding had been reduced by 50 per cent to account for surveys funded outside the Multilateral Fund.