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Taking note of the financial report for the Trust Fund for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer for the fiscal year 2020,1

Recognizing the voluntary contributions of parties as an essential complement for the effective implementation of the Vienna Convention,

Welcoming the continued efficient management by the Secretariat of the finances of the Trust Fund for the Vienna Convention,

Recognizing that the exceptional circumstances arising from the coronavirus disease (COVID‑19) pandemic have resulted in a lower utilization of the budget in 2021, and taking this into account with respect to the level of contributions for 2022,

  1. To approve the revised budget for 2021 for the Trust Fund in the amount of $1,083,488, the budget for 2022 in the amount of $888,180, the budget for 2023 in the amount of $902,192 and the budget for 2024 in the amount of $1,477,235, as set out in table A of the annex to the present decision;
  2. To reaffirm a working capital reserve equivalent to 15 per cent of the annual operational budgets for the triennium 2022‒2024, to be used to meet the final expenditures under the Trust Fund;
  3. To approve the contributions to be paid by the parties, of $781,175 in 2022, $781,175 in 2023, and $781,175 in 2024, as set out in table B of the annex to the present decision;
  4. To authorize the Secretariat to draw down from the cash balance the funds required to cover the shortfall between the level of contributions agreed upon in paragraph 3 of the present decision and the approved budgets for the triennium 2022‒2024, as set out in paragraph 1 of the present decision;
  5. To note with concern that some parties have not paid their contributions for 2021 and prior years, and to urge all parties to pay their outstanding contributions as well as their future contributions promptly and in full;
  6. To request the Executive Secretary, and to invite the President of the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties, to enter into discussions with any party whose contributions have been outstanding for two or more years with a view to finding a way forward, and to request the Executive Secretary to report on the outcome of those discussions to the Conference of the Parties at its thirteenth meeting, to be held in 2024;
  7. To consider further, at its thirteenth meeting, how to address outstanding contributions to the Trust Fund, and to request the Executive Secretary to continue to publish and regularly update information on the status of contributions to the Trust Fund;
  8. To request the Secretariat to ensure the full utilization of the programme support resources available to it in the triennium 2022‒2024 and in later years and, where possible, to offset those programme support resources against the administrative components of the approved budget;
  9. To request the Secretariat to indicate in future financial reports of the Trust Fund the amounts of cash on hand, in addition to contributions that have not yet been received;
  10. To request the Executive Secretary to prepare budgets and work programmes for the triennium 2025‒2027, based on the projected needs, for two budget scenarios:
    1. A zero nominal growth scenario;
    2. A scenario based on recommended adjustments to the zero nominal growth scenario, indicating the added costs or savings related thereto.

Annex to decision XII/4

Table A

Approved revised budget for 2021 and approved budgets for 2022, 2023 and 2024 for the Trust Fund for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
(United States dollars)

Budget line

Cost category

Approved revised budget for 2021

Approved budget for 2022

Approved budget for 2023

Approved budget for 2024

1100

Employee salaries, allowances and benefits

563 450

659 000

671 400

684 788

1300

Meeting costs

       

1322

Conference services costs: preparatory meetings and meetings of the parties

252 000

252 000

1324

Conference services costs: Bureau meetings

20 000

20 000

1327

Conference services costs: Ozone Research Managers meeting

7 000

20 000

1328

Promotional activities for the protection of the ozone layer

10 000

10 000

10 000

10 000

5401

Hospitality

15 000

Subtotal: meeting costs

289 000

10 000

10 000

317 000

3300

Travel of Article 5 parties

       

3304

Travel of Article 5 parties: Bureau meetings

20 000

3307

Travel of Article 5 parties: Ozone Research Managers meetings

160 000

Subtotal: travel of Article 5 parties

180 000

1600

Staff travel on official business

10 000

30 000

30 000

30 000

4100–5300

Other operating costs

       

4100

Expendable equipment

8 000

8 000

8 000

8 000

4200

Non-expendable equipment

10 000

10 000

10 000

10 000

4300

Rental of premises

19 000

19 000

19 000

20 000

5100

Operation and maintenance of equipment

10 000

10 000

10 000

10 000

5200

Reporting costs

12 500

5 000

5 000

12 500

5300

Sundry

36 889

35 000

35 000

35 000

Subtotal: other operating costs

96 389

87 000

87 000

95 500

Total direct costs

958 839

786 000

798 400

1 307 288

 

Programme support costs (13 per cent)

124 649

102 180

103 792

169 947

Grand total

1 083 488

888 180

902 192

1 477 235

1UNEP/OzL.Conv.12(II)/5–UNEP/OzL.Pro.33/5.

Appendix to table A
Explanatory notes for the approved budgets for 2022, 2023, and 2024 for the Trust Fund for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer


Cost category

Budget line

Comment

Employee salaries, allowances and benefits

1100*

The estimates under this category have been increased by 2 per cent over each year of the triennium to allow for inflation. The P-3 post of Information Technology Officer, included in the budget, is funded in the ratio of 30 per cent to 70 per cent by the Vienna Convention and Montreal Protocol trust funds respectively.

Meeting costs

1300

This category includes the costs of the venue; editing and translation of the meeting documents; interpretation during the meeting and conference servicing staff time and travel.

1322

The conference costs of the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention will be shared with the Thirty‑Sixth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol; the meetings are to be held jointly in 2024.

1324

Two Bureau meetings are scheduled to be held in 2024. The first will be held back to back with the twelfth meeting of the Ozone Research Managers and the second will be held back to back with the meeting of the Bureau of the Thirty‑Fifth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol.

1327

The budget includes conference services costs for the twelfth meeting of the Ozone Research Managers, to be held at the headquarters of the World Meteorological Organization in Geneva.

1328

The budget is for promotional activities for the protection of the ozone layer.

5401

Hospitality cost covers receptions at twelfth meeting of the Ozone Research Managers and the combined twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties and the Thirty-Sixth Meeting of the Parties.

Travel of Article 5 participants

3300

Given that the meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention is normally held jointly with the Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, participation costs are borne by the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol.

3304

Participation costs are based on two Bureau meetings for participants from developing countries or countries with economies in transition, being held back to back with twelfth meeting of the Ozone Research Managers and the combined twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties and the Thirty-Sixth Meeting of the Parties.

3307

The budget, maintained at the level of 2021, includes the cost of travel of representatives of Article 5 parties to the twelfth meeting of the Ozone Research Managers. The travel is budgeted at $5,000 per representative, calculated on the basis of an economy-class fare using the most direct and economical route and the United Nations daily subsistence allowance for Geneva.

Travel on official business

1600

The budget includes the travel of Secretariat staff to organize and to participate in the twelfth meeting of the Ozone Research Managers and the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, and to provide support to networking and capacity‑building meetings.

Other operating costs

4100 – 5300

The category includes the cost of expendables, non-expendable equipment, rental of office premises, operation and maintenance of equipment, reporting costs, communication, freight and the costs of World Ozone Day celebrations.

4100

The budget caters for the cost of software licences, stationery, office supplies and consumables and has been maintained at the level of the 2021 approved amount. This cost is shared with the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol.

4200

This budget line provides for the cost of furniture, computers and peripherals. The cost has been maintained at the level of the 2021 approved amount. This cost is shared with the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol.

4300

The rental cost is shared with the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol. The budget for 2022–2023 is the same as the 2021 approved amount. The 2024 amount has been increased by $1,000 to cater for inflation.

5100

The cost for the operation and maintenance of equipment, shared with the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol, includes the service-level agreements for printers and photocopying machines, information technology support provided by the United Nations Office at Nairobi, and insurance of equipment. Effective 2021, partial annual maintenance and hosting costs for the website and the various digital tools, traditionally covered by the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol, have been included.

5200

The budget for 2022 and 2023 will provide for general reporting costs that cover the editing and translation of ad hoc documents (not related to meetings) and publications. The 2024 reporting cost has been maintained at the level of the approved amount for 2021 to provide for the report of the Ozone Research Managers at their twelfth meeting and include other general reporting costs mentioned above.

5300

The sundry budget includes the cost of communications, freight and the World Ozone Day celebration. This category is also shared with the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol.

* Budget line corrected after submission of the budget document.

Table B
Parties’ contributions to the Trust Fund for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

(United States dollars)
(Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 73/271 of 22 December 2018 with a maximum assessment rate of 22 per cent)

 

Name of party

Adjusteda United Nations scale with 22 per cent maximum assessment rate considered

2022 contributions by parties

2023 contributions by parties

2024 contributions by parties

1

Afghanistan

2

Albania

3

Algeria

0.138

1 078

1 078

1 078

4

Andorra

5

Angola

6

Antigua and Barbuda

7

Argentina

0.912

7 124

7 124

7 124

8

Armenia

9

Australia

2.203

17 209

17 209

17 209

10

Austria

0.675

5 273

5 273

5 273

11

Azerbaijan

12

Bahamas

13

Bahrain

14

Bangladesh

15

Barbados

16

Belarus

17

Belgium

0.818

6 390

6 390

6 390

18

Belize

19

Benin

20

Bhutan

21

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

22

Bosnia and Herzegovina

23

Botswana

24

Brazil

2.939

22 959

22 959

22 959

25

Brunei Darussalam

26

Bulgaria

27

Burkina Faso

28

Burundi

29

Cabo Verde

30

Cambodia

31

Cameroon

32

Canada

2.725

21 287

21 287

21 287

33

Central African Republic

34

Chad

35

Chile

0.406

3 172

3 172

3 172

36

China

11.967

93 483

93 483

93 483

37

Colombia

0.287

2 242

2 242

2 242

38

Comoros

39

Congo

40

Cook Islands

41

Costa Rica

42

Côte d’Ivoire

43

Croatia

44

Cuba

45

Cyprus

46

Czechia

0.310

2 422

2 422

2 422

47

Democratic People’s Republic
of Korea

48

Democratic Republic of the
Congo

49

Denmark

0.552

4 312

4 312

4 312

50

Djibouti

51

Dominica

52

Dominican Republic

53

Ecuador

54

Egypt

0.185

1 445

1 445

1 445

55

El Salvador

56

Equatorial Guinea

57

Eritrea

58

Estonia

59

Eswatini

60

Ethiopia

61

European Union

2.492

19 467

19 467

19 467

62

Fiji

63

Finland

0.420

3 281

3 281

3 281

64

France

4.413

34 473

34 473

34 473

65

Gabon

66

Gambia

67

Georgia

68

Germany

6.071

47 425

47 425

47 425

69

Ghana

70

Greece

0.365

2 851

2 851

2 851

71

Grenada

72

Guatemala

73

Guinea

74

Guinea-Bissau

75

Guyana

76

Haiti

77

Holy See

78

Honduras

79

Hungary

0.205

1 602

1 602

1 602

80

Iceland

81

India

0.831

6 492

6 492

6 492

82

Indonesia

0.541

4 226

4 226

4 226

83

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

0.397

3 101

3 101

3 101

84

Iraq

0.129

1 008

1 008

1 008

85

Ireland

0.370

2 891

2 891

2 891

86

Israel

0.488

3 812

3 812

3 812

87

Italy

3.296

25 748

25 748

25 748

88

Jamaica

89

Japan

8.537

66 689

66 689

66 689

90

Jordan

91

Kazakhstan

0.177

1 383

1 383

1 383

92

Kenya

93

Kiribati

94

Kuwait

0.251

1 961

1 961

1 961

95

Kyrgyzstan

96

Lao People’s Democratic
Republic

97

Latvia

98

Lebanon

99

Lesotho

100

Liberia

101

Libya

102

Liechtenstein

103

Lithuania

104

Luxembourg

105

Madagascar

106

Malawi

107

Malaysia

0.340

2 656

2 656

2 656

108

Maldives

109

Mali

110

Malta

111

Marshall Islands

112

Mauritania

113

Mauritius

114

Mexico

1.288

10 062

10 062

10 062

115

Micronesia (Federated States
of)

116

Monaco

117

Mongolia

118

Montenegro

119

Morocco

120

Mozambique

121

Myanmar

122

Namibia

123

Nauru

124

Nepal

125

Netherlands

1.352

10 562

10 562

10 562

126

New Zealand

0.290

2 266

2 266

2 266

127

Nicaragua

128

Niger

129

Nigeria

0.249

1 945

1 945

1 945

130

Niue

131

North Macedonia

132

Norway

0.752

5 875

5 875

5 875

133

Oman

0.115

899

899

899

134

Pakistan

0.115

899

899

899

135

Palau

136

Panama

137

Papua New Guinea

138

Paraguay

139

Peru

0.152

1 188

1 188

1 188

140

Philippines

0.204

1 594

1 594

1 594

141

Poland

0.799

6 242

6 242

6 242

142

Portugal

0.349

2 726

2 726

2 726

143

Qatar

0.281

2 195

2 195

2 195

144

Republic of Korea

2.260

17 655

17 655

17 655

145

Republic of Moldova

146

Romania

0.197

1 539

1 539

1 539

147

Russian Federation

2.397

18 725

18 725

18 725

148

Rwanda

149

Saint Kitts and Nevis

150

Saint Lucia

151

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

152

Samoa

153

San Marino

154

Sao Tome and Principe

155

Saudi Arabia

1.168

9 124

9 124

9 124

156

Senegal

157

Serbia

158

Seychelles

159

Sierra Leone

160

Singapore

0.483

3 773

3 773

3 773

161

Slovakia

0.153

1 195

1 195

1 195

162

Slovenia

163

Solomon Islands

164

Somalia

165

South Africa

0.271

2 117

2 117

2 117

166

South Sudan

167

Spain

2.139

16 709

16 709

16 709

168

Sri Lanka

169

State of Palestine

170

Sudan

171

Suriname

172

Sweden

0.903

7 054

7 054

7 054

173

Switzerland

1.147

8 960

8 960

8 960

174

Syrian Arab Republic

175

Tajikistan

176

Thailand

0.306

2 391

2 391

2 391

177

Timor-Leste

178

Togo

179

Tonga

180

Trinidad and Tobago

181

Tunisia

182

Turkey

1.367

10 679

10 679

10 679

183

Turkmenistan

184

Tuvalu

185

Uganda

186

Ukraine

187

United Arab Emirates

0.614

4 797

4 797

4 797

188

United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland

4.552

35 559

35 559

35 559

189

United Republic of Tanzania

190

United States of America

21.930

171 312

171 312

171 312

191

Uruguay

192

Uzbekistan

193

Vanuatu

194

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic
of)

0.727

5 671

5 671

5 671

195

Viet Nam

196

Yemen

197

Zambia

198

Zimbabwe

 

Total

100.000

781 175

781 175

781 175

a Unlike in previous years, the scale of assessment was rounded off before the contributions by party were calculated.