The Executive Committee decided:
(a) To approve the country programme for Cyprus taking into consideration Decision 22/33, and the country programmes for El Salvador, Gabon, Nicaragua and Western Samoa, while noting that such approval did not denote approval of the projects identified therein or their funding levels, except as indicated in Annex V to [document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/22/79/Rev.1];
(b) To request the Governments of El Salvador, Gabon, Nicaragua and Western Samoa 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 31 May 1997 to December 1997, should be submitted to the Fund Secretariat no later than 31 March 1998;
(c) To request UNEP to proceed with the disbursement of the first one-year tranche of the funds approved for institutional strengthening in El Salvador, Gabon, Nicaragua and Western Samoa, with subsequent disbursements being contingent on the submission of a report to the Executive Committee on the status of development of a refrigerant management plan for the country concerned.