The Thirty-first Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to request the Secretariat, in co-operation with the Implementing Agencies, to prepare for the Executive Committee at its Thirty-second meeting a document containing draft guidelines for the preparation of country programme updates, including conditions for the justification for such updates, as well as the specific consideration that needed to be taken into account to ensure that such updates serve not only the national needs, but also the information and planning needs of the Executive Committee;
(b) to require that all future requests for country programme updates be in conformity with the guidelines to be agreed by the Executive Committee on the basis of the above-mentioned document.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/31/61, Decision 31/32, para. 54).
The Thirty-second Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) defer consideration of the draft guidelines for preparation of country programme updates until its Thirty-three Meeting;
(b) invite members to submit to the Secretariat their comments and proposals on the draft guidelines for preparation of country programme updates contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/31;
(c) request the Secretariat to compile those comments on the draft and circulate them to members prior to the Thirty-three Meeting of the Executive Committee;
(d) also request the Secretariat to prepare a revised draft, taking into account the comments submitted by Governments and those made at the current Meeting, for submission to the Executive Committee at its Thirty-three Meeting.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/44, Decision 32/68, para. 82).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/31).