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The Thirteenth Meeting of the Executive Committee requested the Treasurer to find ways and means to identify the causes of non-payment of contributions and to attempt to open avenues for speedy payment, bearing in mind the report of the Sub-Committee on Financial Matters, which was submitted to the Tenth Meeting of the Executive Committee, and the view of the Committee that the dispatch of reminder letters to Parties in arrears was not in itself adequate. It also agreed that the Treasurer should be requested to undertake a study on the various options to be adopted on all fronts (Treasurer, Executive Committee, UNEP, Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, etc.) to encourage payment of the arrears and generally to make timely payments.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/13/47 (paras. 22, 38).
The Fourteenth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided that the correspondence between the Treasurer and countries with contributions in arrears should be made available to the Executive Committee. If that procedure did not yield results, the Executive Committee would consider what further steps could be taken. The Executive Committee did not, however, have any objection to the publication of the list of outstanding contributions.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/14/15, para. 30).
The Twenty-ninth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to request the Sub-Committee on Monitoring, Evaluation and Finance to examine the situation of contributions outstanding for three years or more.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/29/65, Decision 29/2, para. 17(b)).
The Fifty-ninth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to request the Secretariat to place the matter of the outstanding contributions to the Multilateral Fund by the Russian Federation on the agenda for the consideration of the Committee at its 60th Meeting.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/59/54, para. 290).
The Sixtieth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(b) To request the Chief Officer to reply to the letter from the Government of the Russian Federation and convey the Executive Committee’s views on the long outstanding contributions from the Russian Federation, as expressed at the 60th Meeting; and
(c) Also to request the Chief Officer to invite representatives of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment and the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Executive Committee, the Treasurer and the Ozone Secretariat to participate in an informal meeting to be held the day before the commencement of the 30th meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/60/54, Decision 60/2, para.357(b and c))
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/exCom/60/4).
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