Decision 82/6

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The approved 2018, revised 2019 and 2020, and proposed 2021 budgets of the Fund Secretariat contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/82/8;
   2. That US $11,005 in expenditure not recorded in the 2017 accounts had been reallocated to the 2018 budget;
   3. The return of US $1,665,431 (comprising US $1,631,096 from the approved 2017 budget for the Secretariat and US $34,335 from the approved 2017 budget for the monitoring and evaluation work programme) to the Multilateral Fund at the 82^nd meeting;
   4. The return of US $58,470 from the 2019 and 2020 approved budgets associated with adjustments to the following budget lines (BL): BL 4101, BL 5103, BL 5301, BL 5302 and BL 5303 to the Multilateral Fund at the 82^nd meeting; and
2. To approve, as contained in Annex II to the present report:
   1. The revised 2019 and 2020 budgets amounting to US $7,510,970 and US $7,652,890, respectively; and
   2. The proposed 2021 budget amounting to US $7,799,067, based on the revised 2020 budget, including two meetings of the Executive Committee and a three- per-cent increase in staff costs.