AG/RES. 1583 (XXVIII-O/98)

EXTENSION OF THE SPECIAL FELLOWSHIPS FOR THE CARIBBEAN PROGRAM TO OTHER STATES

(Resolution adopted at the third plenary session, held on June 2, 1998)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN that, through resolution AG/RES. 1387 (XXVI-O/96), the General Assembly resolved to extend the undergraduate Special Fellowships for the Caribbean Program (SPECAF) to other Caribbean Basin states, including Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama, as well as to Bolivia, Ecuador, and Paraguay; and

RECALLING that, in resolution AG/RES. 1461 (XXVII-O/97), the General Secretariat was requested to submit to the Permanent Council a detailed plan of action for executing the mandate set forth in operative paragraph 2 of resolution AG/RES. 1387 (XXVI-O/96),

RESOLVES:

1. To extend to January 29, 1999, the deadline for the General Secretariat to submit to the Permanent Council a detailed plan of action to implement the mandate set forth in operative paragraph 2 of resolution AG/RES. 1387 (XXVI-O/96).

2. To reiterate that the funds for implementing resolutions AG/RES. 1387 (XXVI-O/96) and AG/RES. 1461 (XXVII-O/97), concerning the extension of the Special Fellowships Program, must come from external sources and other funding mechanisms, which the General Secretariat is responsible for identifying.

3. To request the General Secretariat to present quarterly reports on compliance with the mandate set forth in operative paragraph 1, which will include details on any external resources obtained.