The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To take note with appreciation of the consolidated progress report;
(b) To recognize the need to ensure the approved projects were implemented as promptly as possible;
(c) To note that several causes of delay had been identified in the consolidated progress report and that a number of steps were being taken to address the causes of those delays;
(d) To encourage increased efforts in this regard;
(e) To request the implementing agencies to highlight in their future progress reports the measures they had adopted and the progress made in further reducing and eliminating these delays.