|
The
Fourth Meeting of the Parties established the Financial Mechanism, including
the Multilateral Fund provided for in Article 10 of the Montreal Protocol as
amended at the Second Meeting of the Parties. The Parties decided that any
resources remaining in the Interim Multilateral Fund shall be transferred to
the Multilateral Fund. The Parties adopted the terms of reference of the
Multilateral Fund and of the Executive Committee which should continue to
operate under the agreements, procedures and guidelines applicable to the
Interim Multilateral Fund.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/2/3 Decision II/8, para.
1). Appendix IV of Decision II/8, para. 14).
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/4/15 Decision IV/18
(sections I.1, I.2, I.5, I.7).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/2/3
Annex IV, Appendix IV).
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/4/15
Annexes IX, X).
The
Seventh Meeting of the Parties requested the Executive Committee to consider innovative
mobilization of existing and additional resources in support of Protocol
objectives and any further action by the end of 1996 and to report thereon to
the Eighth Meeting of the Parties; and that the actions set out in Annex I.1
should be taken to improve the functioning of the Financial Mechanism.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.7/12 Decision VII/22).
The
Eighth Meeting of the Parties requested the Executive Committee to move forward
as expeditiously as possible on decision VII/22, and in particular Actions 5,
6, 10, 11, 14 and 21, and to report back to the Ninth Meeting of the Parties.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.8/12,
Decision VIII/5).
The
Eighth Meeting of the Parties decided:
1. to note with appreciation the measures taken
by the Executive Committee to improve the Financial Mechanism;
2. to request the Executive Committee to
continue with further actions to implement decision VII/22 to improve the
Financial Mechanism and report to the Meetings of the Parties annually.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.8/12, Decision VIII/7,
para. 1 and 2).
The
Twenty-first Meeting of the Executive Committee, having considered the report
on actions to improve the functioning of the Financial Mechanism
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/21/33), which had been prepared in response to
decision VIII/5 of the Eighth Meeting of the Parties, decided:
(a) that the report should be forwarded to the
Open-ended Working of the Parties at its fifteenth meeting, with the amendments
agreed to by the Executive Committee at its Twenty-first Meeting;
(b) that, at its Twenty-second Meeting, the Executive
Committee should hold a substantive discussion on measures to be taken to move
forward on the actions referred to in decision VIII/5 of the Eighth Meeting of
the Parties to the Montreal Protocol.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/21/36, Decision
21/38, para. 54).
(Supporting document:
UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/21/33).
The
Twenty-second Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to defer to its Twenty-third Meeting the
substantive discussion, called for by its Decision 21/38, on measures to be
taken to move forward on the actions referred to in decision VIII/5 of the
Eighth Meeting of the Parties, expressing the hope that the subject could be
taken up early in the meeting;
(b) to agree that its report on actions to improve
the functioning of the Financial Mechanism to forwarded to the Open-Ended
Working Group of the Parties at its Fifteenth Meeting, would first be reviewed
on its behalf by the Chairman, the Vice-Chairman and the representatives of
India and the United States.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/22/79/Rev.1, Decision
22/73, para. 104).
The
Twenty-third Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to examine the subject again at a subsequent
meeting (i.e., actions to improve the Financial Mechanism), in time for a
report to be submitted to the Tenth Meeting of the Parties;
(b) to request the World Bank to submit the
concessional financing study to the Executive Committee at its Twenty-fourth
Meeting.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/23/68, Decision
23/49, para. 87).
The
Tenth Meeting of the Parties decided:
1. to note with appreciation the work and the
report of the Executive Committee on the measures taken to improve the
Financial Mechanism and technology transfer and on its excellent functioning in
1998;
2. to request the Executive Committee to report
annually to the Meetings of the Parties on the operation of the Financial
Mechanism and the measures taken to improve the operation.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.10/9,
Decision X/31).
|