Decision 77/16

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The progress report on the implementation of the first and the second tranches of stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Afghanistan, submitted by the Government of Germany;
   2. The return of the remaining funding of US $131,938, plus agency support costs of US $17,152, from the Government of Germany for the first and the second tranches;
   3. The request by the Government of Afghanistan to transfer to UNIDO all the phase‑out activities included in stage I of the HPMP that had originally been intended for implementation by the Government of Germany;
2. To approve the transfer from the Government of Germany to UNIDO of the balance of US $131,938, plus agency support costs of US $11,874, remaining from the first and second tranches;
3. Further to approve the transfer from the Government of Germany to UNIDO of funding in the amount of US $111,276, plus agency support costs of US $10,015, approved in principle for the third and fourth tranches of the HPMP; and
4. To request the Secretariat to revise the updated Agreement between the Government of Afghanistan and the Executive Committee when the request for the third tranche of the HPMP was submitted.