Consolidated business plan of the Multilateral Fund for the year 2000

The Twenty-ninth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a) to note with concern the limited coverage of countries in the consolidated draft business plan for the year 2000;

(b) that, if the Parties were to agree a level of replenishment lower than the current triennium (1997-1999), the Executive Committee should maintain the indicative figure approved by the Executive Committee at its Twenty-eighth Meeting for the year 2000 and change the allocation for the years 2001 and 2002. If the agreed level of replenishment is higher, then the resource allocation should be increased equally on a pro rata basis for each year of the triennium (2000 to 2002);

(c) to note that the issue of including in business plans countries that had not yet ratified the London Amendment would be reviewed by the Executive Committee at its Thirtieth Meeting.

The Twenty-ninth Meeting of the Executive Committee also decided:

(a) to hold, at its Thirtieth Meeting, an in-depth debate among all members, focusing on the issues of the sectoral aspects of ODS phase-out, the status of all Article 5 countries in terms of meeting their commitments under the Montreal Protocol, an analysis of global needs for the attainment of ODS phase-out targets and a strategic plan for ensuring global coverage by the Multilateral Fund;

(b) to authorise the Secretariat of the Multilateral Fund to prepare the draft three-year business plan of the next triennium for consideration by the Executive Committee at its Thirtieth Meeting. This, together with other relevant Secretariat analyses, would be the platform for the discussion on the strategic planning for the Multilateral Fund.

The Thirtieth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a) to take note of the consolidated business plan of the Multilateral Fund for the year 2000 (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/30/10 and Corr.1);

(b) that countries which had not ratified the London Amendment might be maintained in the 2000 business plan of the Multilateral Fund;

(c) to request the Secretariat to write to Parties which had not ratified the London Amendment to the Montreal Protocol requesting them to proceed rapidly with ratification;

(d) also to request the Implementing Agencies to emphasise further the need to ratify the London Amendment to the Montreal Protocol in their consultations with Article 5 Parties;

(e) to adopt the disbursement target of US $148.8 million and the phase-out target of 29,542 ODP tonnes for the year 2000.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/30/41, Decision 30/13, para 32).

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