147. The Executive Board approved the first country cooperation frameworks (CCFs) for Benin (DP CCF BEN 1) Botswana (DP CCF BOT 1) Cameroon (DP CCF CMR 1) Chad (DP CCF CHD 1) Gabon (DP CCF GAB 1) Guinea Bissau (DP CCF GBS 1) Malawi (DP CCF MLW 1) Mauritius (DP CCF MAR 1) Sao Tome and Principe (DP CCF STP 1) Senegal (DP CCF SEN 1) Seychelles (DP CCF SEY 1) and Swaziland (DP CCF SWA 1).

182. The Executive Board approved the first country cooperation frameworks (CCFs) for Armenia (DP CCF ARM 1 ) Azerbaijan (DP CCF AZE 1) Bulgaria (DP CCF BUL 1) Georgia (DP CCF GEO 1) Malta (DP CCF MAT 1) the Russian Federation (DP CCF RUS 1) Saint Helena (DP CCF STH 1) Slovenia (DP CCF SVN 1) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (DP CCF MCD 1) Turkmenistan (DP CCF TUK 1) and Ukraine (DP CCF UKR 1).

203. The Executive Board approved the first country cooperation frameworks (CCFs) for Djibouti (DP CCF DJI 1) Egypt (DP CCF EGY 1) Jordan (DP CCF JOR 1) Kuwait (DP CCF KUW 1) Saudi Arabia (DP CCF SAU 1) the Sudan (DP CCF SUD 1) the Syrian Arab Republic (DP CCF SYR 1) the United Arab Emirates (DP CCF UAE 1) and Yemen (DP CCF YEM 1).

148. In accordance with the written request from five members of the Executive Board, the Board discussed the first country cooperation frameworks for the following countries Angola (DP CCF ANG 1) Burkina Faso (DP CCF BKF 1) Nigeria (DP CCF NIR 1) South Africa (DP CCF SAF 1) and Zimbabwe (DP CCF ZIM 1).

Agreed to postpone consideration of the first country cooperation framework for the Republic of Congo (DP CCF PRC 1), the first country cooperation framework for Montserrat (DP CCF MOT 1) and the first country cooperation for Yugoslavia (DP 1997 YUG 1)

137. The Executive Director introduced the four reports before the Executive Board pertaining to UNOPS risk management, reserves and surplus income (DP 1997 26) follow up to recommendations of the report of the Board of Auditors (A 51 5 Add.10) (DP 1997 27) the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (DP 1997 28) and the revised budget estimates of the biennium 1996 1997 and budget estimates for the biennium 1998 1999 (DP 1997 29).

Decided to take up consideration of the mission reports of field visits to Cuba and Jamaica in 1997 (DP 1997 CRP.24) and to Kyrgyzstan and Latvia in 1997 (DP 1997 CRP.26) at an informal session of the Board to be held later in 1997 Annex

33. For its consideration of this item, the Executive Board had before it the following documents budget estimates for the 1998 1999 biennium (DP 1997 23) and the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (DP 1997 31).

X. OTHER MATTERS Field visits 287. The Executive Board agreed to postpone discussion of Board members apos field visits to Jamaica, the Turks and Caicos Islands and Cuba (DP 1997 CRP.24) and to Kyrgyzstan and Latvia (DP 1997 CRP.26) to an informal meeting on 9 October 1997. Assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

146. The Executive Board took note of the report of ACABQ contained in document DP 1997 28, and adopted the following decisions on UNOPS risk management, reserves and surplus income (DP 1997 26) UNOPS revised budget estimates for the biennium 1996 1997 and budget estimates for the biennium 1998 1999 (DP 1997 29) and follow up to the recommendations of the report of the Board of Auditors (A 51 5 Add.10) (DP 1997 27), respectively

Takes note of documents DP 2005 3 and DP 2005 4

The Executive Board

DP 2004 31, Management response to the report Transforming the Mainstream Gender in UNDP

Takes note of documents DP FPA 2005 3 and DP FPA 2005 4

The Executive Board

The Executive Board

DP Thank you very much.

DP 1998 10

DP 1998 11

DP 1998 6

DP 1998 7

DP 1998 8

DP 1998 9

10 DP 393.

Approved the report of the annual session 2005 (DP 2005 29 and DP 2005 29 Corr.1)

DP Wow.

Approved the report of the annual session 1997 (DP 1997 21)

Took note of the report on the annual review of financial situation 1996 (DP 1997 24)

Took note of the report on subcontracts awarded and major equipment ordered (DP 1997 25 )

Took note of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the United Nations Office for Project Services (DP 1997 28)

(DP 1998 L.1)

1. Takes note of the report of the Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (DP 1997 26)

First country cooperation framework for Angola (DP CCF ANG 1)

First country cooperation framework for Burkina Faso (DP CCF BKF 1)

First country cooperation framework for Nigeria (DP CCF NIR 1)

First country cooperation framework for South Africa (DP CCF SAF 1)

First country cooperation framework for Zimbabwe (DP CCF ZIM 1)

First country cooperation framework for Cambodia (DP CCF CMB 1)

First country cooperation framework for Pakistan (DP CCF PAK 1)

First country cooperation framework for Yugoslavia (DP CCF YUG 1)

First country cooperation framework for Peru (DP CCF PER 1)

First regional cooperation framework for the Arab States (DP RCF RAS 1)

Took note of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the UNDP budget estimates for the biennium 1998 1999 (DP 1997 31)

Adopted decision 97 21 of 18 September 1997 on United Nations Office for Project Services risk management, reserves and surplus income (DP 1997 26)

I First country cooperation framework for Angola (DP CCF ANG 1)