The Conference of the Parties, by its decision 10/CP.2, requested the secretariat to make available to the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), at each of its sessions, details of the financial support made available to Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (non-Annex I Parties) from the interim operating entity of the financial mechanism for the preparation of their initial national communications. This information is to cover projects proposed by each Party, the funding decision, and the date and amount of funds made available to the Party (FCCC/CP/1996/15/Add.1). The SBI, at its twentieth session, requested the secretariat to make available at each of its sessions details of the financial support provided by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) for the preparation of initial and subsequent national communications (FCCC/SBI/2004/10, para. 30). The GEF secretariat has provided the secretariat with information on its support for the preparation of initial and second national communications. The information attached in annex I to this document classifies projects as those approved under expedited procedures, full projects approved under standard procedures, and projects covering limited components of first national communications from non-Annex I Parties. It also contains information on
dates of disbursement. Annex II to this document provides information on the status of second national communications. It shows the amounts provided to non-Annex I Parties for the self-assessment exercise prior to the preparation of second national communications. It also shows funding provided to Argentina, Costa Rica and Uruguay for the preparation of their second national communications. The information attached in annexes I and II is reproduced as received without formal editing