5- يلاحظ أن من المحتمل أن يبدأ نفاذ بروتوكول كيوتو خلال فترة السنتين 2004-2005، وأن الميزانية البرنامجية تتضمن بالتالي عناصر متصلة بالاتفاقية فضلاً عن عناصر متصلة بالأنشطة التحضيرية بموجب بروتوكول كيوتو، وأن عناصر بروتوكول كيوتو تنعكس بوضوح في كل من الميزانية الأساسية والاعتماد المؤقت والصندوق الاستئماني للأنشطة التكميلية، وتشكل مجتمعة الحصة المتصلة ببروتوكول كيوتو من الاحتياجات الإجمالية من الموارد؛
Notes that the Kyoto Protocol may enter into force during the 2004−2005 biennium, that the programme budget thus contains elements relating to the Convention as well as elements relating to preparatory activities under the Kyoto Protocol, and that Kyoto Protocol elements expressly reflected in the core budget, the interim allocation and the Trust Fund for Supplementary Activities together constitute the portion of the overall resource requirements relating to the Kyoto Protocol; Approves an interim allocation amounting to US$ 5,455,793 to carry out activities relating to the Kyoto Protocol (see table 3 below) to be added to the programme budget for 2005 if the Kyoto Protocol has entered into force by 1 January 2005, or a pro-rata amount if it enters into force later in 2005; Approves the staffing table for the interim allocation for the Kyoto Protocol, contained in table 4 below; Adopts the indicative scale of contributions for 2005 contained in annex II to this decision to determine contributions to the amount indicated in paragraph 6 above by Parties to the Kyoto Protocol; Authorizes the Executive Secretary to notify Parties of their contributions to the interim allocation according to the indicative scale referred to in paragraph 8 above if the Kyoto Protocol has entered into force by 1 January 2005, or of a pro-rata amount if it enters into force later in 2005; Also authorizes the Executive Secretary to raise voluntary contributions to cover resources required for the purpose described in paragraph 6; Notes that in the programme budget for the biennium 2004−2005, approval of activities relating to the Protocol is without prejudice to decisions to be taken on budgetary matters relating to the Protocol by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol;