1. The Conference of the Parties, at its twenty-third session, welcomed the operationalization of the Capacity-building Initiative for Transparency and projects approved during the reporting period and requested1 the Global Environment Facility (GEF), as an operating entity of the Financial Mechanism, to provide adequate support to assist developing country Parties, in line with decision 1/CP.21, paragraph 86.

2. Annexes I and II contain information on the status of financial resources approved by the GEF for the preparation of national communications and biennial update reports by Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention. The information is reproduced as received from the GEF secretariat on 12 October 2018.