This document responds to the request made by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation, at its nineteenth session, to review the financial impacts and the effects of the current practice of the secretariat in its implementation of paragraph 7 (c) of the financial procedures of the Convention regarding the participation of representatives of developing country Parties and of Parties with economies in transition in sessions of the Conference of the Parties and its subsidiary bodies. It summarizes the practice of managing the Trust Fund for Participation in the UNFCCC Process, particularly in relation to eligible Parties with outstanding contributions to the core budget, the rationale behind this practice and its impact on the participation of the concerned Parties in the Convention process.