The Seventeenth Meeting of the Parties decided in Dec. XVII/45:

1. To endorse the following new Co-Chairs of the Technical Options Committees:
1. Halon Technical Options Committee: David Catchpole and Dan Verdonik;
2. Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee: Michelle Marcotte, Ian Porter, Mohamed Besri and Marta Pizano;
3. Chemicals Technical Options Committee: Ian Rae and Masaaki Yamabe;
2. To thank the following Co-Chairs who are stepping down from their positions, for their outstanding efforts on behalf of the Montreal Protocol:
1. Jonathan Banks (Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee);
2. Nahum Marban-Mendoza (Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee).