Decision 77/1

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the report by the Treasurer on the status of contributions and disbursements and the information on promissory notes, and the countries that had opted to use the fixed-exchange rate mechanism during the 2015–2017 triennium, contained in Annex I to the present report;
2. To urge all Parties to pay their contributions to the Multilateral Fund in full and as early as possible;
3. To note with appreciation the intention of the Government of Belarus to start paying its contributions in 2016, with the understanding that the 2016 payment would not be associated with the contributions outstanding for Belarus for prior years;
4. To request the Treasurer, in cases where the country had a long-outstanding contribution, to allocate any new contribution to a specific year, if so requested by the country; and
5. To request the Chief Officer and the Treasurer to continue to follow up with countries that had contributions outstanding for one triennium or more and to report back to the 79^th meeting.