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In other cases, guerrilla groups mined the premises after the military forces had left.

[...] Croatia suspected tocontain mines.

Another Member State noted that the sunset clause idea had not yet found its way into the C/5 document, as there were no suggestions as yet that a particular programme had only a limited duration.

[...] terminal phase-out management plan for ODS in the refrigeration and air-conditioning sector in Saint Lucia and the terminal phase-out management plan for Annex A Group I substances in Uruguay; for Italy, the umbrella project for terminal phase-outof ODS in the solvent sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo,the phase-out ofmethyl bromide as a soil fumigant in Morocco, and the terminal CTC phase-out project in Serbia; and for Spain, thephase-out of methyl [...]

Sunset clauses should therefore be introduced for those activities that have reached the end of their natural life or which other organizations are better equipped to deal with.

The Executive Committee may wish to take note of the verification and progress reports on the implementation of the national CFC phase-out plan (NPP) for Argentina, and approve the annual implementation programme for 2008-2009 with a proviso requesting the Government of Argentina and UNIDO to ensure that future verification will include the country’s monitoring of its activities under the Agreement through the monitoring institutions defined in Appendix 5-A of the Agreement.

[...] [...] time,includingthe replacement of paper [...]

[...] [...] positions could bephased out andtaken [...]

In the ensuing discussion, one representative, referring to decision XIX/6 on adjustments to the Montreal Protocol with regard to HCFCs, said that neither paragraph 5 nor paragraph 11 (b) of that decision, on the funding for parties operating under paragraph 1 of article 5 to comply with the accelerated HCFC phase-out schedule and the funding criteria for projects and programmes, referred to maximization of climate benefits or additional funding for the Multilateral Fund.

This situation will be aggravated by the number of ships going out of service in the next few years following the global phase-outof single-hull oil tankers; the large estimated backlog of old vessels still operating because of high freight rates; and the general boom in shipbuilding over the last few years.

The amount of $21,700 would cover the requirements for replacing existing servers, as required by the vendor agreement, and of providing support for the Operations Processing Integrated Control System and SWIFT.

The Russian Federation had started to develop new, improved tools for mine detection and disposal, had established a national system of technical requirements for landmines and had developed a plan for the destruction of obsolete mines.

Honduras has presented to the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund of the Montreal Protocol a national proposal for the elimination of CFC in Honduras, whereby support will be given to the sectors with the highest consumption of CFC and the conversion of domestic refrigerating equipment will be encouraged, or else the use of substitute substances such as hydrocarbons, and the legal framework and national initiatives to comply with domestic obligations under the Montreal Protocol will be reinforced.

The company identified the need to replace its ageing PC-based POS systems with a reliable and high-performance POS system which was specifically built for the retail environment.

Introducing the proposal, the representative of India said that by decision XIX/6 the parties had agreed that funding available through the Multilateral Fund should be stable and sufficient to meet all agreed incremental costs to enable parties operating under paragraph 1 of article 5 to comply with the accelerated phase-out schedule for both consumption and production of HCFCs.

It is used to guide the research and industrial development of water conservation technology, key technological investment trends for water conservation projects, promote the wide application of water conservation technology, restrict and eliminate outdated and high water-consuming technologies, techniques and equipment and provide technological support to water resource planning and water conservation development.

For instance, the less dependable “non-centrally dispatched” supply sources and the phasingout of highly polluting small thermal power plants with low efficiency might cause the forecast generation capacity not fully realisable in short term.

[...] compulsory elimination mechanism [...][...]

With the phasing out of the Multifibre Agreement (MFA) quotas under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, and given the rise in food and oil prices and the global financial crisis, the Asian and Pacific countries with special needs, including the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States, are continuing to face tremendous challenges in maintaining their economic growth and further implementing poverty reduction programmes.