Decision XXXIV/17: Enhancing participation in the work of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol through co-option

Acknowledging that the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol consists of seven parties from the group of parties operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the Protocol and seven parties from the group of parties not so operating,

Recalling decision XVI/38, which modified the rotation system for allocating Executive Committee seats among the group of parties operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5,

To request the Executive Committee to consider increasing the funding allocated for travel by parties operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 in the budget of the secretariat of the Multilateral Fund, with a view to supporting the participation in Executive Committee meetings of one party operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the Protocol that is not eligible through the existing rotation system for a seat on the Executive Committee for the year in question, on the understanding that the party concerned could be co-opted by another party operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 holding the rotating seat for the year in question.