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The Conference of the Parties,
1.Welcomes with appreciation the work by the Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts (hereinafter referred to as the Executive Committee) as an important step in the operationalization of this mechanism;
2.Welcomes the report of the Executive Committee;11FCCC/SB/2015/3.
3.Decides that, as a consequence of the late nomination of members to the Executive Committee in 2015, the term of the members currently in office will end immediately before the first meeting of the Executive Committee in 2018 for members with a term of two years, and immediately before the first meeting of the Executive Committee in 2019 for members with a term of three years;
4.Also decides that, as a consequence of the adjustment to the terms of office of the members of the Executive Committee as referred to in paragraph 3 above, the terms of the Co-Chairs who are currently in office will end immediately before the first meeting of the Executive Committee in 2017;
5.Notes with concern the limited progress made in the implementation of the initial two-year workplan of the Executive Committee2 owing to the late nomination of members as referred to in paragraph 3 above;2As contained in document FCCC/SB/2014/4, annex II.
6.Acknowledges with appreciation that the Executive Committee plans to schedule at least three meetings3 during 2016;3The 2nd meeting of the Executive Committee is scheduled to take place on 2–5 February 2016.
7.Urges the Executive Committee to explore modalities of work in order to fulfil its mandate in accordance with decisions 2/CP.19 and 2/CP.20;
8.Also urges Parties to make available sufficient resources for the successful and timely implementation of the initial two-year workplan of the Executive Committee in view of the ambitious nature of that workplan.