The Executive Committee decided:
- To note the reports on progress achieved in completing stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan, the national phase-out plan (first tranche) (IRQ/PHA/58/INV/09) and the project to replace refrigerant CFC-12 with isobutane and foam-blowing agent CFC-11 with cyclopentane in the manufacturing of domestic refrigerators and chest freezers at Light Industries Company for Iraq (IRQ/REF/57/INV/07), as submitted by UNIDO and contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/97/17; and
- To request UNIDO to submit, at the 98th meeting, a progress report on the completion of projects referred to in subparagraph (a) above.