43rd Meeting - Geneva, 5-9 July 2004

Document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/15:  contains the progress report of the World Bank for activities up to 31 December 2003 and the comments and recommendations of the Fund Secretariat on the Report.

• Possible request for additional status reports on projects with slow progress.

The Executive Committee may wish to:

1. Note the World Bank’s progress report contained in UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/15. 

2. Note that the World Bank will report to the 44th Meeting on a total of 49 projects with implementation delays including 39 projects that were so classified last year.

3. Monitor the following projects through an additional status report in the context of projects with implementation delays at the 44th Meeting and note their slow progress:

(a) Post-harvest disinfestation for cotton and citrus demonstration promject in Argentina (ARG/FUM/29/DEM/93)
(b) Soil treatment application for tomatoes and peppers demonstration project in Chile (CHI/FUM/25/DEM/35)
(c) The halon bank project in Argentina (ARG/HAL/26/TAS/80)
(d) The halon bank project in Jordan (JOR/HAL/29/TAS/53)
(e) The halon bank project in Oman (OMA/HAL/41/TAS/O8)
(f) The halon bank project in Turkey (TUR/HAL/38/TAS/80)
(g) The halon bank project in Thailand (THA/HAL/29/TAS/121)
(h) The halon phase-out project in Thailand (THA/HAL/32/INV/134)
4. Note that the World Bank had 41 projects that it had classified as completed for over one year with remaining balances totalling US $13,005,549.