Provisional Agenda and Annotations

Status of Contributions to the Fourth Replenishment of IFAD’s Resources

Report on IFAD's Investment Portfolio for 1997

Status Report on Principal and Interest Payments

Requirements for the Nineteenth Drawdown of Members’ Contributions in 1998

Requirements for the Eleventh Drawdown from the Special Resources for Sub-Saharan Africa (SRS)

Report of the Audit Committee

Appointment of Members to the Audit Committee

Progress Report on Project Implementation

Resources Available for Commitment

Benin: Microfinance and Marketing Project

Malawi: Smallholder Flood Plains Development Programme

Bangladesh: Aquaculture Development Project

Kyrgyzstan: Agricultural Support Services Project

Philippines: Western Mindanao Community Initiatives Project

Belize: Community-Initiated Agriculture and Resource Management Project

Gaza and the West Bank: Participatory Natural Resource Management Programme

Syria: Badia Rangelands Development Project

Technical Assistance Grants for Agricultural Research and Training by CGIAR-Supported International Centres

Technical Assistance Grants for Agricultural Research and Training by Non-CGIAR-Supported International Centres

Foundation for Training and Applied Research in Agrarian Reform (CIARA): Regional Training Programme in Rural Development - Phase II

Planned Project Activities 1998-99

Remuneration of General Service Staff in Rome - Response to Judgement No. 1713 of the International Labour Organization Administrative Tribunal (ILOAT): Retroactive Adjustment of the General Service Salary Scale

Progress Report on Evaluation

Report of the Evaluation Committee

Progress Report on the IFAD/NGO Extended Cooperation Programme (ECP)

Progress Report on the Commemoration of the Twentieth Anniversary of IFAD

Progress Report on the Technical Assistance Grant Programme for Assistance to African Countries in the Implementation of the Convention to Combat Desertification in the Interim Period

Crop and Livestock Rehabilitation Project in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: Report on Issues and Concerns Raised in the Board

Technical Assistance Grants for Agricultural Research, Other Research, Training and Other Approved by the President

Minutes of the Sixty-Third Session of the Executive Board

Closing statement by President Al-Sultan