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Decision XXXVI/22: Financial reports and budgets for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

The Thirty-Sixth Meeting of the Parties,

Recalling its decision XXXV/27 on financial reports and budgets for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer,

Taking note of the financial report for the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol for the fiscal year 2023,[1]

Recognizing the voluntary contributions of parties as an essential complement for the effective implementation of the Montreal Protocol,

Recognizing that maintaining a level of contributions that is significantly lower than expenditures will result in a rapid reduction in the cash balance, which will need to be taken into account when considering future contribution levels,

Welcoming United Nations Environment Assembly decision 6/6 of 1 March 2024 on management of trust funds and earmarked contributions, in which the Environment Assembly extended the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol to 31 December 2030 unless otherwise requested by the appropriate authorities, and noting that the extension of trust funds is an administrative matter that falls under the delegation of the Executive Director and hence will, as of the seventh session of the Environment Assembly, no longer require a decision by Member States,

Welcoming also the continued efficient management by the Ozone Secretariat of the finances of the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol,

Decides:

  1. To approve the budget of the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer in the amount of 6,047,195 United States dollars for 2025 and take note of the indicative budget for 2026, to be considered further by the Thirty-Seventh Meeting of the Parties, as set out in table 1 of the annex to the present decision;
  2. To authorize the Executive Secretary, on an exceptional basis, to draw on the available cash balance for 2025 in an amount of up to 598,900 dollars for specific activities listed in table 1 of the annex to the present decision, provided that the cash balance is not reduced below the working capital reserve;
  3. To approve the contributions to be paid by the parties in the amount of 4,837,756 dollars for 2025 and to take note of the contributions for 2026 as set out in table 2 of the annex to the present decision;
  4. To authorize the Executive Secretary to draw down from the cash balance the funds required to cover the shortfall between the level of contributions agreed on in paragraph 3 above and the approved budget for 2025 as set out in paragraph 1 above;
  5. To reaffirm that a working capital reserve shall be maintained at a level of 15 per cent of the annual budget, to be used to meet the final expenditures under the Trust Fund, noting that the working capital reserve shall be set aside from the existing cash balance;
  6. To encourage parties and other stakeholders to contribute financially and by other means to assist the members, including those from parties not operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5, of the three assessment panels and their subsidiary bodies, with a view to ensuring their continued participation in assessment activities under the Montreal Protocol;
  7. To express its appreciation to parties that have paid their contributions for 2024 and prior years, and to urge parties that have not done so to pay their outstanding contributions promptly and in full and all parties to pay their future contributions promptly and in full;
  8. To request the Executive Secretary 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 report to the Thirty-Seventh Meeting of the Parties on the outcome of those discussions to enable the parties to further consider how to address the matter;
  9. To also request the Executive Secretary:
    1. To continue to provide regular information on earmarked contributions and to include that information, where relevant, in the budget proposals of the Trust Fund to enhance transparency with regard to the actual income and expenses of the Trust Fund;
    2. To continue to prepare fact sheets for the presentation of future budgets;
    3. To ensure the full utilization of the programme support resources available to the Ozone Secretariat in 2025 and in later years and, where possible, to offset programme support resources against the administrative components of the approved budget;
    4. To indicate in future financial reports of the Trust Fund the amounts of cash on hand and the status of contributions to the Trust Fund;
  10. To further request the Executive Secretary to prepare budgets and work programmes for the years 2026 and 2027, based on the projected needs, for the following two budget scenarios:
    1. A zero-nominal-growth scenario based on the 2025 approved budget;
    2. A scenario based on recommended adjustments to the zero-nominal-growth scenario, indicating the added costs or savings related thereto;
  11. To stress the need to continue to ensure that the budget proposals are realistic and represent the agreed priorities of all parties to help ensure a sustainable and stable fund and cash balance, including contributions;
  12. To note with appreciation the extension of the Trust Fund until 31 December 2030, as granted by the United Nations Environment Assembly at its sixth session.[2]

Annex to decision XXXVI/22

Approved budget for the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer for 2025 and noted budget for 2026 and parties’ contributions to the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol

Table 1
Approved 2025 and noted 2026 budgets for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
(United States dollars)

Budget line

Cost category

2025

Approved budget

2026
Zero nominal growth

2026 Recommended budget

1100

Employee salaries, allowances and benefits

1 795 000

1 830 000

1 830 000

1200

Consultants

80 000

-

85 000

1300

Conference services costs

 

 

 

1305

Open-ended Working Group meetings

730 000

895 000

895 000

1310

Meetings of the Parties

655 000

670 000

670 000

1315

Communication costs of Article 5 assessment panel members and organizational costs of panel meetings

55 000

55 000

55 000

1320

Bureau meetings

25 000

25 000

25 000

1325

Implementation Committee meetings

165 000

165 000

165 000

1350

Hospitality

-

29 500

30 000

 

Subtotal: conference services costs

1 630 000

1 839 500

1 840 000

3300

Travel of Article 5 parties and assessment panel experts

 

 

 

3310

Assessment panel meetings

350 000

380 000

380 000

3320

Meetings of the Parties

525 000

550 000

550 000

3330

Open-ended Working Group meetings

475 000

500 000

500 000

3340

Bureau meetings

15 000

15 000

15 000

3350

Implementation Committee meetings

65 000

65 000

65 000

 

Subtotal: travel of Article 5 parties and assessment panel experts

1 430 000

1 510 000

1 510 000

1600

Staff travel on official business

     

1601

Secretariat staff

195 000

-

205 000

1602

Conference services staff

-

-

15 000

 

Subtotal: staff travel on official business

195 000

-

220 000

4100–5330

Operating costs

 

 

 

4100

Expendable equipment

5 000

-

7 000

4200

Non-expendable equipment

8 000

-

12 000

4300

Rental of premises

34 000

-

34 000

5100

Operation and maintenance of equipment

22 000

-

22 000

5200

Reporting costs

75 000

-

75 000

5300

Miscellaneous costs

10 000

-

15 000

5310

Registration system enhancement

2 500

-

-

5320

Software and website maintenance

10 000

-

-

5330

Website hosting

5 000

-

-

 

Subtotal: operating costs

171 500

-

165 000

5201

Public awareness and communication

50 000

-

82 500

 

Total direct costs

5 351 500

5 179 500

5 732 500

 

Programme support costs

695 695

673 335

745 225

 

Total direct costs including programme support costs

6 047 195

5 852 835

6 477 725

 

Additional activities funded from the cash balance

 

-

-

5202

Communication campaign

50 000

100 000

100 000

5203

Digital tools: enhancements

-

30 000

30 000

3311

Informal meetings of the parties

80 000

-

-

2201

Atmospheric monitoring

400 000

-

-

 

Total direct costs – additional activities funded from the cash balance

530 000

130 000

130 000

 

Programme support costs

68 900

16 900  

16 900

 

Total additional activities including programme support costs

598 900

146 900  

146 900

 

Overall direct costs

5 881 500

5 309 500

5 862 500

 

Overall programme support costs

764 595

690 325

762 125

 

Grand total

6 646 095

5 999 735

6 624 625

Appendix to table 1

Explanatory notes on the 2025 budget of the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

Cost category

Budget line

Purpose of the amount allocated to the budget line

Employee salaries, allowances and benefits

1100

The estimates under this category have been increased by 2 per cent over the preceding year to allow for inflation and within-grade increments for staff salaries.

This category includes the costs of United Nations Volunteers to support the work of the Secretariat and other costs related to staff (e.g. medical services, stress counselling, host country services and security).

Consultants

1200

The amount allocated is for consultants with expertise that is not available in the Ozone Secretariat but is required to respond to decisions of the parties.

Conference services costs

1300

This category includes venue costs, editing and translation of meeting documents, interpretation during the meeting and report-writing. Conference servicing staff time and travel costs are also included in this category.

1305

The cost estimates for the forty-seventh meeting of the Open-ended Working Group are based on the costs of the meeting held in Bangkok in 2023, adjusted for inflation.

1310

The cost estimates for the Thirty-Seventh Meeting of the Parties are based on the costs of the Thirty-Fifth Meeting of the Parties held in Nairobi in 2023, adjusted for inflation.

1315

Communications and meeting costs for the assessment panels, associated technical options committees and subsidiary bodies. The budget is used for the organization of meetings of the panel members and allowances for the panel co-chairs from parties operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 to cover communication costs related to the work of the assessment panels.

1320

Budget for the meeting of the Bureau of the Thirty-Sixth Meeting of the Parties.

1325

The proposed budget for Implementation Committee meetings in 2025 includes the cost of two meetings, one held back to back with the forty-seventh meeting of the Open-ended Working Group and the other held back to back with the Thirty-Seventh Meeting of the Parties. The budget amount has been increased to allow for increases in the costs of conducting the meetings.

Travel of Article 5 parties and assessment panel experts

3300

The participation of representatives of Article 5 parties and of countries with economies in transition in various Montreal Protocol meetings is budgeted at $4,000 per representative per meeting calculated on the basis of economy-class fares using the most direct and economical route plus United Nations daily subsistence allowances and terminal expenses.

3310

Budget for the travel of assessment panel members to participate in the meetings of the ozone treaties and in the meetings of the relevant assessment panels.

3320

Budget for the travel of participants to the Thirty-Seventh Meeting of the Parties.

3330

Budget for participation in the forty-seventh meeting of the Open-ended Working Group.

3340

Budget for the travel of Bureau members to participate in the meeting of the Bureau of the Thirty-Sixth Meeting of the Parties and in the Thirty-Seventh Meeting of the Parties.

3350

Budget for the travel of Implementation Committee members to participate in its seventy-fourth and seventy-fifth meetings, to be held back to back with the forty-seventh meeting of the Open-ended Working Group and the Thirty-Seventh Meeting of the Parties, respectively. The funded Committee members will also attend the forty-seventh meeting of the Open-ended Working Group and the Thirty-Seventh Meeting of the Parties, which commence the week after the Committee meetings.

Staff travel on official business

1600

The budget includes travel by Ozone Secretariat staff to organize and/or participate in meetings of the Montreal Protocol and other relevant meetings, such as the meetings of the ozone officers under the regional networks of the OzonAction programme, to provide substantive support for meetings of importance to the ongoing work of the Secretariat to implement the decisions and requests of the parties.

1601

The travel costs of Secretariat staff for the above-mentioned official purposes.

Operating costs

4100–5330

The budget allocated to this category is used along with the amount allocated for similar budget lines for operations under the Trust Fund for the Vienna Convention.

4100

The budget includes the cost of software licences, stationery, office supplies and consumables.

4200

This budget line provides for the cost of computers, peripherals and furniture.

4300

Covers the cost of office rental and utilities for the Secretariat in Nairobi.

5100

For the operation and maintenance of equipment, the budget includes  service-level agreements for printers and photocopying machines, information technology support provided by the United Nations Office at Nairobi and insurance of equipment.

5200

The reporting costs include reporting and coverage at the forty-seventh meeting of the Open-ended Working Group and the Thirty-Seventh Meeting of the Parties, assessment panel reports, ad hoc translation, editing of documents not related to meetings, and publications.

5300

The Miscellaneous costs budget line replaces the Sundry line item and includes telecommunication costs, freight costs and staff training costs.

5310a

Budget for registration system enhancement.

5320a

Budget for software and website maintenance.

5330a

Budget for website hosting.

Public awareness and communication

5201

Includes awareness-raising campaigns, visual materials, branding of meetings and World Ozone Day celebrations. The budget for the Day’s celebrations for Article 5 parties has been increased from $15,000 to $20,000.

Additional activities funded from the cash balance

 

 

 

5202

The budget will be used for awareness-raising campaigns to complement the budget requested under the category “Public awareness and communication” noted above.

 

3311

Budget for an informal meeting of the parties requested under paragraph 4 of decision XXXVI/9.

 

2201

Budget for atmospheric monitoring activities.

           a The three budget lines have been moved from the public awareness and communications category to the operating costs category.

Table 2
Parties’ contributions to the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
(United States dollars)

Party

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

2025 contributions
by parties

2026 contributions
by parties for the
zero-nominal-growth
budget

2026 contributions
by parties for the
recommended budget

Afghanistan

-

-

-

-

Albania

-

-

-

-

Algeria

0.109

5 264

6 369

7 049

Andorra

-

-

-

-

Angola

-

-

-

-

Antigua and Barbuda

-

-

-

-

Argentina

0.718

34 724

42 010

46 496

Armenia

-

-

-

-

Australia

2.107

101 952

123 344

136 512

Austria

0.678

32 793

39 673

43 909

Azerbaijan

-

-

-

-

Bahamas

-

-

-

-

Bahrain

-

-

-

-

Bangladesh

-

-

-

-

Barbados

-

-

-

-

Belarus

-

-

-

-

Belgium

0.827

39 989

48 379

53 545

Belize

-

-

-

-

Benin

-

-

-

-

Bhutan

-

-

-

-

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

-

-

-

-

Bosnia and Herzegovina

-

-

-

-

Botswana

-

-

-

-

Brazil

2.010

97 219

117 618

130 175

Brunei Darussalam

-

-

-

-

Bulgaria

-

-

-

-

Burkina Faso

-

-

-

-

Burundi

-

-

-

-

Cabo Verde

-

-

-

-

Cambodia

-

-

-

-

Cameroon

-

-

-

-

Canada

2.624

126 920

153 551

169 946

Central African Republic

-

-

-

-

Chad

-

-

-

-

Chile

0.419

20 284

24 540

27 160

China

15.228

736 699

891 276

986 435

Colombia

0.246

11 881

14 374

15 908

Comoros

-

-

-

-

Congo

-

-

-

-

Cook Islands

-

-

-

-

Costa Rica

-

-

-

-

Côte d’Ivoire

-

-

-

-

Croatia

-

-

-

-

Cuba

-

-

-

-

Cyprus

-

-

-

-

Czechia

0.339

16 420

19 866

21 987

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

-

-

-

-

Democratic Republic of the Congo

-

-

-

-

Denmark

0.552

26 707

32 311

35 761

Djibouti

-

-

-

-

Dominica

-

-

-

-

Dominican Republic

-

-

-

-

Ecuador

-

-

-

-

Egypt

0.139

6 713

8 122

8 989

El Salvador

-

-

-

-

Equatorial Guinea

-

-

-

-

Eritrea

-

-

-

-

Estonia

-

-

-

-

Eswatini

-

-

-

-

Ethiopia

-

-

-

-

European Union

2.496

120 739

146 073

161 668

Fiji

-

-

-

-

Finland

0.416

20 139

24 365

26 966

France

4.311

208 540

252 297

279 233

Gabon

-

-

-

-

Gambia

-

-

-

-

Georgia

-

-

-

-

Germany

6.101

295 134

357 060

395 182

Ghana

-

-

-

-

Greece

0.324

15 696

18 989

21 017

Grenada

-

-

-

-

Guatemala

-

-

-

-

Guinea

-

-

-

-

Guinea-Bissau

-

-

-

-

Guyana

-

-

-

-

Haiti

-

-

-

-

Holy See

-

-

-

-

Honduras

-

-

-

-

Hungary

0.228

11 011

13 322

14 744

Iceland

-

-

-

-

India

1.042

50 420

61 000

67 513

Indonesia

0.548

26 514

32 078

35 502

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

0.370

17 918

21 677

23 992

Iraq

0.128

6 182

7 479

8 277

Ireland

0.438

21 202

25 650

28 389

Israel

0.560

27 094

32 779

36 278

Italy

3.184

154 014

186 330

206 224

Jamaica

-

-

-

-

Japan

8.019

387 957

469 360

519 473

Jordan

-

-

-

-

Kazakhstan

0.133

6 423

7 771

8 601

Kenya

-

-

-

-

Kiribati

-

-

-

-

Kuwait

0.234

11 301

13 672

15 132

Kyrgyzstan

-

-

-

-

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

-

-

-

-

Latvia

-

-

-

-

Lebanon

-

-

-

-

Lesotho

-

-

-

-

Liberia

-

-

-

-

Libya

-

-

-

-

Liechtenstein

-

-

-

-

Lithuania

-

-

-

-

Luxembourg

-

-

-

-

Madagascar

-

-

-

-

Malawi

-

-

-

-

Malaysia

0.347

16 807

20 333

22 504

Maldives

-

-

-

-

Mali

-

-

-

-

Malta

-

-

-

-

Marshall Islands

-

-

-

-

Mauritania

-

-

-

-

Mauritius

-

-

-

-

Mexico

1.219

58 969

71 342

78 959

Micronesia (Federated States of)

-

-

-

-

Monaco

-

-

-

-

Mongolia

-

-

-

-

Montenegro

-

-

-

-

Morocco

-

-

-

-

Mozambique

-

-

-

-

Myanmar

-

-

-

-

Namibia

-

-

-

-

Nauru

-

-

-

-

Nepal

-

-

-

-

Netherlands (Kingdom of the)

1.375

66 502

80 457

89 047

New Zealand

0.308

14 923

18 055

19 982

Nicaragua

-

-

-

-

Niger

-

-

-

-

Nigeria

0.182

8 790

10 634

11 769

Niue

-

-

-

-

North Macedonia

-

-

-

-

Norway

0.678

32 793

39 673

43 909

Oman

0.111

5 361

6 486

7 178

Pakistan

0.114

5 506

6 661

7 372

Palau

-

-

-

-

Panama

-

-

-

-

Papua New Guinea

-

-

-

-

Paraguay

-

-

-

-

Peru

0.163

7 872

9 524

10 541

Philippines

0.212

10 239

12 387

13 709

Poland

0.836

40 423

48 905

54 127

Portugal

0.352

17 048

20 625

22 828

Qatar

0.269

12 991

15 717

17 396

Republic of Korea

2.570

124 313

150 396

166 454

Republic of Moldova

-

-

-

-

Romania

0.311

15 068

18 230

20 176

Russian Federation

1.863

90 119

109 029

120 669

Rwanda

-

-

-

-

Saint Kitts and Nevis

-

-

-

-

Saint Lucia

-

-

-

-

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

-

-

-

-

Samoa

-

-

-

-

San Marino

-

-

-

-

Sao Tome and Principe

-

-

-

-

Saudi Arabia

1.182

57 182

69 180

76 566

Senegal

-

-

-

-

Serbia

-

-

-

-

Seychelles

-

-

-

-

Sierra Leone

-

-

-

-

Singapore

0.503

24 341

29 448

32 592

Slovakia

0.155

7 486

9 056

10 023

Slovenia

-

-

-

-

Solomon Islands

-

-

-

-

Somalia

-

-

-

-

South Africa

0.244

11 784

14 257

15 779

South Sudan

-

-

-

-

Spain

2.130

103 063

124 688

138 000

Sri Lanka

-

-

-

-

State of Palestine

-

-

-

-

Sudan

-

-

-

-

Suriname

-

-

-

-

Sweden

0.870

42 065

50 892

56 325

Switzerland

1.132

54 767

66 259

73 333

Syrian Arab Republic

-

-

-

-

Tajikistan

-

-

-

-

Thailand

0.367

17 773

21 502

23 798

Timor-Leste

-

-

-

-

Togo

-

-

-

-

Tonga

-

-

-

-

Trinidad and Tobago

-

-

-

-

Tunisia

-

-

-

-

Türkiye

0.844

40 810

49 373

54 644

Turkmenistan

-

-

-

-

Tuvalu

-

-

-

-

Uganda

-

-

-

-

Ukraine

-

-

-

-

United Arab Emirates

0.634

30 668

37 102

41 064

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

4.368

211 292

255 626

282 920

United Republic of Tanzania

-

-

-

-

United States of America

21.963

1 062 500

1 285 438

1 422 681

Uruguay

-

-

-

-

Uzbekistan

-

-

-

-

Vanuatu

-

-

-

-

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

0.175

8 452

10 225

11 317

Viet Nam

-

-

-

-

Yemen

-

-

-

-

Zambia

-

-

-

-

Zimbabwe

-

-

-

-

Total

100.000

4 837 756

5 852 835

6 477 725

                     

[1] UNEP/OzL.Conv.13/5–UNEP/OzL.Pro.36/5.

[2] Decision 6/6.