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 was 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 lists projects approved under expedited procedures and gives information on the dates of disbursement