Following the discussion, the Executive Committee decided:
- To approve the projects and activities submitted for blanket approval at the levels of funding indicated in Annex V to the present report, together with the conditions or provisions included in the corresponding project evaluation documents and the conditions attached to the projects by the Executive Committee;
- To approve the institutional strengthening projects for the Cook Islands, Vanuatu and Qatar, and the terminal phase-out management plan (second tranche) for Qatar, as the necessary country programme implementation data had been received; and
- That, for projects related to renewal of institutional strengthening, blanket approval included approval of the observations to be communicated to recipient governments contained in Annex VI to the present report.