Following a discussion, the Executive Committee noted that the total value of approved projects and activities in the 1997-1999 triennium was about US $509 million. Additionally, the value, as submitted, of projects and activities which it had not been possible to finalize at the Twenty-ninth Meeting amounted to some US $13 million, potentially increasing the total expenditure in the triennium to US $522 million. The Executive Committee decided that, in order to facilitate, as far as possible, committal of the 1997-1999 replenishment, those projects and activities included in that US $13 million amount should be resubmitted to the Thirtieth Meeting and counted against the 1999 business plans.
