The Thirty-eighth Meeting of the Executive Committee also decided to request the Treasurer:
(i) to include an explanatory section on “Methodology and Assumptions” with future reports;
(ii) to carry out a reconciliation every year;
(iii) to include in his report to each meeting of the Executive Committee the value of the promissory notes as at the date of that meeting.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/38/70/Rev.1, Decision 38/1, para. 31 (b)).
The Fortieth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(b) to note:
(i) that the explanation of the methodology and assumptions being used by the Treasurer could be made available through the Internet;
(ii) the payments by Parties of their contributions in accordance with the financial procedures and regulations in force in their respective countries;
(iii) with concern the low level of rates of payment of contributions; and
(iv) the importance of reconciled financial accounts, which would facilitate the financial decisions of the Executive Committee.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/40/50, Decision 40/2, pars.25 (b)).
The Forty-first Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to take note with appreciation of the Treasurer’s report, including the tables showing the updated status of the Fund as at 18 December 2003 and reproduced in Annex I to the present report;
(b) to note with appreciation the note by the Treasurer on the methodology and assumptions used, and the increased transparency of data submission;
(i) to request the Treasurer to amend the last two rows of the table showing the 1991-2003 summary status of contributions and other income to read “outstanding contributions for certain countries with economies in transition”, and to add a footnote to the new title specifying the countries with economies in transition concerned.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/41/87, Decision 41/2, para. 30 (a, b, i)).
The Forty-second Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to note with appreciation the Treasurer’s report, including the tables showing the updated status of the Fund as at 26 March 2004 and reproduced in Annex I to the present report;
(b) also to note the new information provided by the Treasurer on the gains and losses resulting from the fixed exchange rate mechanism;
(c) to request the Treasurer to break down the information on gains and losses resulting from the fixed exchange rate mechanism by country and to include it in a separate column of the relevant table in future reports.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/42/54, Decision 42/2 (a, b, c), para. 28 (a-c)).
The Forty-third Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to take note with appreciation of the Treasurer’s report, including the tables showing the updated status of the Fund as at 30 June 2004 and reproduced in Annex I to the present report;
(b) also to take note of the new information provided by the Treasurer on the gains and losses resulting from the fixed-exchange-rate mechanism.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/61, Decision 43/1 (a, b), para. 25).