The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To take note of the report on reconciliation of the 2002 accounts of the Multilateral Fund (follow-up to Decision 41/10(b)) contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/42/46;
(b) To note the explanation by the Treasurer on how the following funds shown to be due to the implementing agencies were addressed in 2003, or what adjustments would be made in 2004 to provide the resources owed to the respective agencies as follows:
(i) US $112,619 for UNEP;
(ii) US $1,169,476 for UNIDO;
(c) To request the Secretariat, on behalf of the Executive Committee, to approach the board of external auditors of the United Nations for assistance in determining the initial start-up costs for UNDP;
(d) That adjustments should be made to the inventory of approved projects to reflect the amounts indicated in the World Bank’s progress report for the projects listed in Annex III to document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/42/46;
(e) To request the Treasurer to complete the reconciliation of the accounts of the World Bank on the basis of audited 2002 accounts, and the accounts of UNDP on the basis of the UNDP Comptroller’s review, based on the figures derived from the reconciliation presented in documents UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/41/12 and UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/42/46, as well as any relevant decisions taken at the 42nd Meeting of the Executive Committee; and
(f) To urge the World Bank and UNDP to submit the information required for reconciliation as soon as possible.