The Forty-first Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to approve the revised 2003 budget at an amount of US $3,770,650, the proposed 2004 budget at an amount of US $3,798,558, including staff salaries for the Secretariat, the revised staff component for 2005, and the proposed staff component for 2006; and
(b) to request the Secretariat to base future budgets on more realistic estimates and to provide explanations for any increases which exceeded the current rate of inflation.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/41/87, Decision 41/11 para. 43).
(Supporting document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/41/87, Annexes III and IV ).