The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To note UNEP’s progress report contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/13;
(b) To request the submission of additional status reports to the 44th Meeting in the context of projects with implementation delays, including actions by UNEP and the National Ozone Unit since the 43rd Meeting on the institutional strengthening projects in the following countries:
(i) Fiji (FIJ/SEV/37/INS/08);
(ii) Maldives (MDV/SEV/37/INS/04); and
(iii) Sao Tome and Principe (STP/SEV/38/INS/02);
(c) To note that UNEP had 17 projects classified with implementation delays, including five projects that had been so classified in 2003, and to request that a report on those projects be submitted to the 44th Meeting;
(d) To note that UNEP had 2 projects that it had classified as completed for over one year with remaining balances totalling US $737,309 as of July 2004; and
(e) To request UNEP to report to the 45th Meeting on the return of remaining balances for the three bilateral projects for the 2003 European and Central Asian network (EUR/SEV/39/TAS/02, 03 and 04).