At its eighth session, the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) took note of the views expressed by Parties on the review of the financial mechanism and the provision of additional guidance to the Global Environment Facility as contained in documents FCCC/SBI/1998/MISC.4 and Add.1. It invited Parties to submit to the secretariat further views or comments, if any, on these matters by 15 August 1998, and requested the secretariat to compile and make available such views and comments at the ninth session of the SBI. Five such submissions have been received and are attached