Agenda

Schedule of Work for the Session

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

Report on IFAD's Investment Portfolio for the First Half of 1998

Status Report on Principal and Interest Payments

Preview of the Programme of Work and Budget of IFAD for 1999

Report of the Audit Committee

IFAD Framework for Bridging Post-Crisis Recovery and Long-Term Development

Flexible Lending Mechanism

Progress Report on Human Resource Development

Côte d'Ivoire: Proposed IFAD Contribution to the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire under the Heavily-Indebted Poor Countries Debt Initiative

Mozambique: Proposed IFAD Contribution to the Republic of Mozambique under the Heavily-Indebted Poor Countries Debt Initiative

Bolivia: Proposed IFAD Contribution to the Republic of Bolivia under the Heavily-Indebted Poor Countries Debt Initiative

Guyana: Proposed IFAD Contribution to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana under the Heavily-Indebted Poor Countries Debt Initiative

Resources Available for Commitment

Cameroon: National Agricultural Research and Extension Programmes Support Project

Côte d'Ivoire: Rural Development Project in the Zanzan Region

Ethiopia: Agricultural Research and Training Project

Lesotho: Sustainable Agricultural Development Programme for the Mountain Areas

Uganda: District Development Support Programme

China: Wulin Mountains Minority-Areas Development Project

Egypt: Sohag Rural Development Project

Romania: Apuseni Development Project

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

Technical Assistance Grant for Agricultural Research and Training by a Non-CGIAR-Supported International Centre

Technical Assistance Grant to the African Regional Agricultural Credit Association (AFRACA) for Strengthening the Framework for the Provision of Investment Capital for the Rural Poor in Sub-Saharan Africa

Technical Assistance Grant to the Foundation for International Community Assistance International (FINCA International) for the Regional Capacity-Building Programme on Microcredit Systems

Technical Assistance Grant to the International Farming Systems Research Methodology Network (RIMISP) for the FIDAMERICA Network - Phase II

Planned Project Activities 1998-99

Memorandum of Understanding Between the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa and the International Fund for Agricultural Development Regarding the Modalities and Administrative Operations of the Global Mechanism

Draft Provisional Agenda for the Twenty-Second Session of the Governing Council

Election of Representatives of the Governing Council to the IFAD Staff Pension Committee

Technical Assistance Grant to the Popular Coalition to Eradicate Hunger and Poverty for the Establishment of a Community Empowerment Facility (CEF) as an Initiative of the Popular Coalition to Eradicate Hunger and Poverty

Revised Programme of Work and Budget of IFAD for 1998

Arrangements for the Sixty-Fourth Session of the Executive Board

Results of the Governing Council Vote by Correspondence for the Provision of a Supplementary Amount of USD 1 million to the Budget of IFAD for 1998

Results of the Executive Board Vote by Correspondence Regarding the Settlement of Arrears by the Islamic Federal Republic of The Comoros

IFAD's Lending Terms and Conditions Interest Rate for 1999 for Loans on Ordinary and Intermediate Terms

Information Note Relating to the Status of Implementation of the Islamic Federal Republic of The Comoros Arrears Settlement Plan as of 2 September 1998

Minutes of the Sixty-Fourth Session of the Executive Board

Closing statement by President Al-Sultan