The Executive Committee decided:
- To note:
- The progress report of UNIDO as at 31 December 2015 contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/77/15;
- That UNIDO would report to the 79th meeting on nine projects with implementation delays and on 35 projects recommended for additional status reports, as indicated in Annexes III and IV, respectively, to the present report;
- The delays in implementing the national phase-out plan activities in Iraq and Yemen due to the special circumstances prevailing in those countries;
- That the technical assistance for the total phase-out of methyl bromide in tobacco, cut flowers, horticulture and post-harvest uses in Zambia (ZAM/FUM/56/INV/21) had been completed;
- To cancel the project preparation in the fumigants sector (high-moisture dates) in Algeria (ALG/FUM/72/PRP/80) and to request the return of the remaining balance no later than the 79th meeting; and
- To request UNIDO to submit to the 79th meeting the final report for the ODS disposal project in the Europe and Central Asia region (EUR/DES/69/DEM/13).