The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To approve the country programmes of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Paraguay, and Saint Kitts and Nevis, while noting that such approval did not denote approval of the projects therein or their funding levels, except as indicated in Annex IV to the present report [document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/21/36];
(b) To request the Governments of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Paraguay, and Saint Kitts and Nevis to present annually information to the Executive Committee on progress being made in the implementation of the country programme, in accordance with the decision of the Executive Committee on implementation of country programmes (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/10/40, para. 135). Using the approved format, the initial report, covering the period 20 February to 31 December 1997, should be submitted to the Fund Secretariat no later than 31 March 1998;
(c) To note that the Government of Nicaragua had requested deferment of the submission of its country programme to the Twenty-second Meeting.