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The
Multilateral Fund shall:
(a) meet, on a grant or concessional basis as
appropriate, and according to criteria to be decided upon by the Parties, the
agreed incremental costs;
(b) finance clearing-house functions to:
(i) assist
Parties operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5, through country specific
studies and other technical co-operation, to identify their needs for
co-operation;
(ii) facilitate
technical co-operation to meet these identified needs;
(iii) distribute,
as provided for in Article 9 of the Protocol, information and relevant
materials, and hold workshops, training sessions and other related activities
for the benefit of Parties that are developing countries; and
(iv) facilitate
and monitor other multilateral, regional and bilateral co-operation available
to Parties that are developing countries; and
(c) finance the secretarial services of the
Multilateral Fund and related support costs.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/2/3 Decision II/8, para. 3).
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/4/15 Decision IV/18, para. 1).
The Seventeenth Meeting of the
Parties decided:
1. to
note with appreciation the reports submitted by the following 28 Parties in
accordance with Article 9 of the Montreal Protocol: Argentina, Belarus, Brazil,
Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Guyana,
Hungary, Iceland, Jordan, Latvia, Mauritius, Malaysia, Monaco, Norway, Oman,
Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Thailand, togo,
Trinidad and tobago, Turkmenistan;
2. to
recall that paragraph 3 of Article 9 states that, every two years, each Party
shall submit to the Secretariat a summary of activities it has conducted
pursuant to that Article, and that relevant activities include promotion of
research and development, information exchange on technologies for reducing
emissions of ozone-depleting substances, alternatives to the use of controlled
substances and the costs and benefits of relevant control strategies,
awareness-raising on the environmental effects of controlled substances
emissions and other substances that deplete the ozone layer;
3. to
recognize that information relevant to the reporting obligation contained in
paragraph 3 of Article 9 may be generated through cooperative efforts undertaken
in the context of regional ozone networks, ozone research managers activities
under Article 3 of the Vienna Convention, participation by Parties in the
assessment work of both the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel and the
Scientific Assessment Panel under Article 6 of the Montreal Protocol, and
national public awareness raising initiatives;
4. to
note that the reporting under Article 9, paragraph 3, could be undertaken
through electronic means, and to note also that the information contained in these
reports could be shared through the Ozone Secretariat’s website;
5. to
note that such activities continue to play an important role in global efforts
to protect the ozone layer and that dissemination of information on such
activities, through Article 9, also contributes to these efforts;
6. to therefore urge all
Parties to submit information in accordance with paragraph 3 of Article 9.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.17/11,
Decision XVII/24).
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