United Nations UNEP/OzL.Conv.11/CRP.2/Rev.1 22 November 2017 Environment Original: English Programme Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer Eleventh meeting Montreal, Canada, 20–24 November 2017 Item 5 (b) of the agenda for the preparatory segment Vienna Convention issues: status of the General Trust Fund for Financing Activities on Research and Systematic Observations Relevant to the Vienna Convention General Trust Fund for Financing Activities on Research and Systematic Observations Relevant to the Vienna Convention Submission by the Bureau of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (Australia, Bangladesh, Guatemala and Kazakhstan) and Belarus, Dominican Republic and Rwanda The Conference of the Parties decides: decision VI/2, by which the Conference of the Parties established the General Trust Recalling Fund for Financing Activities on Research and Systematic Observations Relevant to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, and noting that the current life of the Trust Fund will expire at the end of 2019, the contributions to the Trust Fund by several parties and the joint Noting with appreciation efforts of the World Meteorological Organization and the Ozone Secretariat in the implementation of the activities funded from the Trust Fund since it became operational in 2003, that important activities, including calibrations, inter-comparisons and relevant training, Noting have been implemented successfully under the Trust Fund to date, however, that the resources available in the Trust Fund are not Noting with great concern, sufficient to enable substantial and sustainable improvements to be made to the global ozone observing system, that the coming decade remains a crucial time during which the status of the recovery Noting of the ozone layer will become clearer, but that such clarity will be dependent on continued highquality observations, that improvements in ozone observations should take into account the existing strong Aware and intricate linkages between ozone and climate and of the need to carry out relevant observations and analyses for both ozone and climate wherever possible, the work of the Advisory Committee of the Trust Fund, including on Noting with appreciation the long-term strategy and short-term plan of action for the Trust Fund prepared for consideration by the Conference of the Parties pursuant to decision X/3, 1. To request the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme to extend the life of the General Trust Fund for Financing Activities on Research and Systematic Observations Relevant to the Vienna Convention until 31 December 2026;
United Nations Environment Programme UNEP/OzL.Conv.11/CRP.2/Rev.1 22 November 2017 Original: English Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer Eleventh meeting Montreal, Canada, 20–24 November 2017 Item 5 (b) of the agenda for the preparatory segment Vienna Convention issues: status of the General Trust Fund for Financing Activities on Research and Systematic Observations Relevant to the Vienna Convention General Trust Fund for Financing Activities on Research and Systematic Observations Relevant to the Vienna Convention Submission by the Bureau of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (Australia, Bangladesh, Guatemala and Kazakhstan) and Belarus, Dominican Republic and Rwanda The Conference of the Parties decides: Recalling decision VI/2, by which the Conference of the Parties established the General Trust Fund for Financing Activities on Research and Systematic Observations Relevant to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, and noting that the current life of the Trust Fund will expire at the end of 2019, Noting with appreciation the contributions to the Trust Fund by several parties and the joint efforts of the World Meteorological Organization and the Ozone Secretariat in the implementation of the activities funded from the Trust Fund since it became operational in 2003, Noting that important activities, including calibrations, inter-comparisons and relevant training, have been implemented successfully under the Trust Fund to date, Noting with great concern, however, that the resources available in the Trust Fund are not sufficient to enable substantial and sustainable improvements to be made to the global ozone observing system, Noting that the coming decade remains a crucial time during which the status of the recovery of the ozone layer will become clearer, but that such clarity will be dependent on continued highquality observations, Aware that improvements in ozone observations should take into account the existing strong and intricate linkages between ozone and climate and of the need to carry out relevant observations and analyses for both ozone and climate wherever possible, Noting with appreciation the work of the Advisory Committee of the Trust Fund, including on the long-term strategy and short-term plan of action for the Trust Fund prepared for consideration by the Conference of the Parties pursuant to decision X/3, 1. To request the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme to extend the life of the General Trust Fund for Financing Activities on Research and Systematic Observations Relevant to the Vienna Convention until 31 December 2026;
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