AG/RES. 1653 (XXIX-O/99)

PLAN OF ACTION OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT TO EXTEND THE SPECIAL FELLOWSHIPS FOR THE CARIBBEAN PROGRAM TO OTHER STATES

(Resolution adopted at the first plenary session, held on June 7, 1999)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

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

BEARING IN MIND that in resolutions AG/RES. 1461 (XXVII-O/97) and AG/RES. 1583 (XXVIII-O/98) the General Assembly resolves to request 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); and

RECALLING that the funds to implement resolution AG/RES. 1387 (XXVI-O/96) must come from external sources and other funding mechanisms, which the General Secretariat is responsible for identifying,

RESOLVES:

1. To instruct the General Secretariat to present to the Permanent Council, by October 31, 1999, at the latest, a detailed plan of action for identifying external funds to enable the Special Fellowships for the Caribbean Program to be extended to other member states, in accordance with resolution AG/RES. 1387 (XXVI-O/96).

2. To request the General Secretariat, beginning in April 2000, to present to the Permanent Council progress reports on the plan of action mentioned in the preceding operative paragraph, which include details on any external resources obtained and the activities undertaken to implement resolution AG/RES. 1387 (XXVI-O/96).

3. To request the General Secretariat to report to the General Assembly at its thirtieth regular session on the implementation of this resolution.