A/AC.96/1154 and A/AC.96/1149); and requests to be kept regularly informed on the measures taken to address the recommendations and the observations raised in these various oversight documents; (e) Requests the High Commissioner, within the resources available, to respond flexibly and efficiently to the needs indicated under the biennial programme budget for the years 2016-2017, and authorizes him, in the case of additional emergency needs that cannot be met fully from the operational reserve, to create supplementary budgets and issue special appeals under all pillars, with such adjustments being reported to the subsequent Standing Committee meeting for consideration; (f) Acknowledges with appreciation the burden that continues to be shouldered by developing and least developed countries hosting refugees; and urges Member States to recognize this valuable contribution to the protection of refugees and to participate in efforts to promote durable solutions; and (g) Urges Member States, in light of the extensive needs to be addressed by the Office of the High Commissioner, and in parallel with the long-standing and substantial support provided by refugee hosting countries, to respond generously and in a spirit of solidarity to his appeal for resources to meet in full the 2016-2017 biennial programme budget, and to ensure that the Office is resourced in a timely and predictable manner, while keeping “earmarking” to a minimum level. B. Decision on the programme of work of the Standing Committee in 2016 14. The Executive Committee, Having reviewed the issues before it at its sixty-sixth session, and bearing in mind the decisions adopted at that session, (a) Decides to convene three formal meetings of the Standing Committee in 2016, to be held in March, June and September; (b) Reaffirms its decision on the framework for the Standing Committee’s programme of work (A/AC.96/1003 paragraph 25, sub-paragraph 2(c)); authorizes the Standing Committee to add and delete items, if appropriate, to this framework for its meetings in 2016; and requests member States to meet in December 2015 to prepare a detailed work plan for formal adoption by the Standing Committee at its first meeting in 2016; (c) Calls upon its members to ensure that debate during sessions of the Executive Committee and its Standing Committee is of a substantive and interactive nature; that it remains purely humanitarian and non-political in nature; and that it yields practical guidance and clear advice to the High Commissioner, in keeping with the Committee’s statutory functions; (d) Calls upon the Office of the High Commissioner to be explicit and analytical in its reports and presentations to the Committee and to submit documentation in a timely manner; and (e) Further requests the Standing Committee to report on its work to the sixty-seventh session of the Executive Committee. 6