Mandate

The Conference of the Parties,

Taking note of the financial reports on the Stockholm Convention trust funds for 2012 and estimated expenditures for 2013 from the Trust Fund for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Stockholm Convention Trust Fund),

1. Approves the programme budget for the biennium 2014–2015 of 5,732,172 United States dollars for 2014 and 6,048,917 United States dollars for 2015 for the purposes set out in table 1 of the present decision, which are presented by budget code line in table 2 of the present decision;