Technical Assistance grant program, as at December 31, 1998*
(in thousands of US dollars)    
  Approved Disbursed
CARE INTERNATIONAL:    
Assistance to displaced people in Mozambique 100.0 100.0
Rural development project in Uganda 150.0 100.0
Subtotal 250.0 200.0
     
CGIAR:    
 1. CIAT 900.0 900.0
 2. CIMMYT 2,000.0 1,975.2
 3. CIP 949.0 948.9
 4. ICARDA 7,172.5 7,147.6
 5. ICRISAT 924.0 924.0
 6. IITA 660.0 660.0
 7. ILCA 405.0 405.0
 8. ILRI 130.0 130.0
 9. IRRI 663.0 663.0
10. ISNAR 200.0 --
11. WARDA 685.0 685.0
Subtotal 14,688.5 14,438.7
     
FAO:    
Locust Control Campaign in Madagascar 150.0 --
New World Screwworm eradication program in North Africa 200.0 172.9
Subtotal 350.0 172.9
     
FAO/IAEA:    
Biofertilizers for increased legume production in Bangladesh 100.0 40.0
Eradication of the Tsetse fly in Zanzibar, Tanzania 100.0 100.0
Nuclear techniques in plant breeding and biotechnology for AFRA countries 60.0 60.0
Research on soil fertility in 14 developing countries 50.0 43.9
Subtotal 310.0 243.9
     
IFAD:    
Near East and North African Management Training in Agriculture 200.0 --
Rwanda Refugees Rehabilitation Program 150.0 --
Subtotal 350.0 --
     
PAHO:    
Eastern Caribbean Islands health project 65.0 65.0
Prevention and Control of Cholera in Central America 250.0 148.2
Subtotal 315.0 213.2
     
PALESTINE:    
Al-Injili Al-Arabi hospital 210.0 210.0
Al-Ahli Hospital, Al-Khali District 400.0 400.0
Al-Khali Polytechnic 174.0 174.0
Al-Mahaba hospital in Bethlehem 300.0 --
Al-Maqassed Hospital 500.0 500.0
Arab Development Society 325.0 311.0
Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Center in Bethlehem 300.0 300.0
Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem (UNRWA) 180.0 180.0
Beit Jala Rehabilitation Center 300.0 300.0
Bir Zeit University 250.0 250.0
College of Science and Technology in Khan Yunis - Gaza Strip 250.0 250.0
College of Technology for Al-Najah University 500.0 500.0
Completion of the Red Crescent Maternity Hospital Building 150.0 150.0
Construction of Medical Diagnostic Center in Surdah 400.0 --
Day-care Clinic in Tulkarm 250.0 250.0
Development of Bethlehem University 250.0 --
Development of the Gaza Hashem Nursery School 200.0 --
Early Childhood Education and Care for Palestinian Children 100.0 20.0
Equipping the Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University 400.0 --
Establishment of a computer center at Al-Khalil University 200.0 --
Health care institutions 190.0 53.9
Jerusalem Water Authority 250.0 250.0
Medical and social services complex in Nablus 400.0 400.0
Medical equipment (UNRWA) 250.0 250.0
Pediatric Nurse Training Program for Palestinians 114.0 74.0
Princess Basma Center 150.0 150.0
Red Crescent Maternity Hospital in Jerusalem 300.0 300.0
Red Crescent Society and Patient's Friends Society 410.0 410.0
Red Crescent Society, Jenin Branch 525.0 478.8
Restoration and equipping the Industrial Islamic Orphanage School 200.0 200.0
Society of Handicrafts Training Workshops for Girls 630.0 630.0
Vocational Training Program (UNRWA) 5,862.4 5,658.5
Subtotal 14,920.4 12,650.1
     
  Approved Disbursed
SIGHT SAVERS INTERNATIONAL:    
Community opthalmology program in Pakistan 100.0 40.0
Production of braille textbooks for use in East Africa 200.0 100.0
Subtotal 300.0 140.0
     
TWAS:    
Wind erosion and sand transport laboratory in the Sudan 100.0 100.0
Associate membership scheme of Centers of excellence in the South 100.0 100.0
Subtotal 200.0 200.0
     
UNDP:    
Caribbean regional food plan 2,000.0 2,000.0
Central American energy program 1,500.0 1,500.0
Development of the Niger river basin 5,000.0 5,000.0
Development of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden fisheries 7,641.7 7,641.7
Energy Account: 6,000.0 3,396.5
 a) Djibouti geothermal exploration project (1,000.0) (999.9)
 b) Geothermal exploration project in Uganda (90.0) (90.0)
 c) Global windpump evaluation program in Cape Verdi and Kenya (50.0) (50.0)
 d) International Training Course on Renewable Energy (India) (75.0) (67.4)
 e) Rural energy development project in the Sudan (800.0) (800.0)
 f) Lovo mini-hydropower project in Fiji (90.0) (90.0)
 g) Monitoring of biomass gasifier project in Africa (210.0) (186.0)
 h) National workshops on energy auditing in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda (90.0) (90.0)
 i) Photovoltaic systems executive workshop in Latin America (55.0) (37.5)
 j) Rangjung mini-hydropower plant, Eastern Bhutan (200.0) (37.2)
 k) Rio Ocoa hydropower development project in the Dominican Republic (435.0) (79.3)
 l) Solar water heating systems in Grenada (65.0) (65.0)
 m) Study for a mini-hydropower station in Madagascar (175.0) (175.0)
 n) Study on power loss reduction in Yemen (234.0) (207.0)
 o) UN meeting of experts on energy prospects and international cooperation (40.0) (40.0)
 p) Training courses on diesel-powered generators in the Pacific Islands (80.0) (80.0)
 q) Assistance to the Kiribati Solar Energy Company (23.5) (23.5)
 r) Financing energy services for small-scale energy users in the SADC (185.0) (153.8)
 s) International workshop on decentralized rural electrification (Morocco) (70.0) (54.9)
 t) Micro hydro and wind energy-based rural electrification in Honduras (75.0) --
 u) Supply side efficiency and energy conservation and planning in Syria (180.0) (60.0)
 v) Pilot project for rural electrification in Morocco through wind energy (20.0) (10.0)
Industrial vocational training center in Egypt 1,500.0 1,500.0
International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Bangladesh 1,591.0 1,591.0
Labor-intensive public works program 1,300.0 1,299.0
Regional offshore prospecting in East Asia 2,000.0 2,000.0
UNCTAD - research and training program 650.0 650.0
Subtotal 29,182.7 26,578.2
     
  Approved Disbursed
UNESCO:    
Rational utilization and conservation of water resources in Burkina Faso 100.0 75.8
Rational utilization and conservation of water resources in Mauritania 100.0 87.9
Training program for African educational planners, managers and administrators 335.0 335.0
Upgrading Science and Engineering Education in Arab Universities 150.0 37.5
Subtotal 685.0 536.2
     
UNFPA:    
Family welfare centers in Pakistan 1,500.0 1,500.0
Maternal and child health program in Mozambique 100.0 100.0
Subtotal 1,600.0 1,600.0
     
UNFSTD:    
Development of solar energy and biogas production in Lesotho 240.0 240.0
Oceanographic Institute in Yemen 261.6 261.6
Sago starch hydrolysis and fermentation in Papua New Guinea 61.4 61.4
Wood for energy - technology program in Honduras 305.0 305.0
Subtotal 868.0 868.0
     
UNHCR:    
Construction equipment and maintenance of primary schools in Eastern Sudan 200.0 200.0
Ndzevane rural settlement project, Swaziland 334.0 334.0
Special program for refugees and displaced persons in Yemen 140.0 140.0
Special program for Mozambican refugees in Tanzania 80.0 80.0
Subtotal 754.0 754.0
     
UNICEF:    
Control of Acute Respiratory Infections Program in Bolivia 100.0 90.9
PROANDES Phase II - Bolivia 100.0 100.0
Expanded program of immunization in Nepal 150.0 150.0
Expanded program of immunization in Pakistan 100.0 95.8
Expanded program of immunization in Somalia 116.0 114.1
Expanded program of immunization in the Comoros 100.0 100.0
Expanded program of immunization in Yemen 200.0 200.0
National program of child survival in Guatamala 120.0 120.0
Oral rehydration therapy program 330.0 330.0
Primary Health Care Program in the Maldives 100.0 97.9
Program to enhance child survival, growth and development in the Maldives 100.0 100.0
Promotion of breast-feeding in Honduras 130.0 129.9
Rural water supply and sanitation program in:    
 Benin 1,000.0 1,000.0
 Burundi 100.0 95.1
 Cape Verdi 500.0 500.0
 Guinea 150.0 50.0
 Sudan, The 1,500.0 1,500.0
Senegal health services project 325.0 325.0
Community Water Supply and Sanitation in Nepal 100.0 100.0
Health and Nutrition in Mauritania 100.0 95.3
Rural Community Water Supply and Environment Sanitation in Bhutan 100.0 99.0
Rural Water Supply in Vietnam 100.0 83.1
Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation Program in Nicaragua 100.0 --
Subtotal 5,721.0 5,476.2
     
  Approved Disbursed
WHO:    
African Program for Onchocerciasis Control 300,0 300,0
Education and Training of Health Workers In Food Safety (Guatamala, Mozambique and Western Samoa) 105.0 30.0
Guinea Worm Eradication Program 450.0 398.2
Onchocerciasis Control Program 2,700.0 2,700.0
Rehabilitation of district health facilities in the Sudan 168.0 139.9
Rehabilitation of public health infrastructure - Lebanon 190.0 190.0
Special program for research and training in tropical diseases 1,090.0 1,090.0
Subtotal 5,003.0 4,848.1
     
OTHERS:    
ACDESS 150.0 150.0
African Fertilizer Development Center 500.0 500.0
African Regional Center for Technology 100.0 40.0
Agency for the Safety of Aerial Navigation in Africa 1,000.0 1,000.0
AOAD - Eradication of Old World Screwworm in the Middle East 300.0 150.0
ARTC - Upgrading training facilities 80.0 80.0
Carter Center - Guinea worm eradication program 150.0 100.0
CEAO - Solar Energy Regional Center in Mali 5,000.0 5,000.0
Chagas Disease Control Program - Bolivia 150.0 148.8
Chegutu Secondary School for the Disabled - Zimbabwe 100.0 90.0
Civil Aviation Training - The Maldives 50.0 50.0
Establisment of Health Care Centers in Rural Areas of Peru 90.0 90.0
Establishment of the Jubilee School Center for Excellence in Education (Jordan) 320.0 53.0
Foundation Dolores Bedoya de Molina: Women for Women, Health 2000 100.0 100.0
FundACEA - Purchase of equipment for the Simon Bolivar University 100.0 100.0
ICAO - civil aviation school in Mogadishu, Somalia 50.0 --
ICIPE 670.0 640.0
ICOMP - Institutional development assistance program for Eastern and Southern Africa 50.0 50.0
Institute for Natural Resources in Africa, through United Nations University 175.0 174.9
Institute of Applied Science and Technology in Guyana 83.0 82.6
International Development Law Institute 359.0 356.8
National population census in Mauritania 200.0 200.0
OLADE 5,000.0 5,000.0
OPALS - Daycare hospital in Brazzaville, the Congo 50.0 50.0
Pan Arab Project for Family Health (PAPFAM) 150.0 --
Polio Eradication in African Countries Affected by Conflict 150.0 --
Public Health Training in Ethiopia 200.0 --
Refinery orientation program for refinery managers (Austria) 50.0 48.0
Regional Center for Biosaline Agriculture 1,000.0 128.9
Second Control Program against AIDS in Chad 150.0 98.0
SELA - Technical and Economic Cooperation between Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa 150.0 --
Social Development through assistance to pre-school children in Bolivia 150.0 50.0
South Center - Working Groups on Environment and Development 50.0 50.0
South Commission 100.0 100.0
TWNSO - Strengthening the Capacity of Developing Countries in Science and Technology 100.0 80.0
Training of personnel of African development finance institutions (Egypt) 224.0 224.0
Training Program for Lebanese Civil Servants 115.0 115.0
Upgrading maritime training institutes and programs in Asia 100.0 --
Upgrading the training facilities of the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning 70.0 30.0
Subtotal 17,586.0 15,129.8
     
Total 93,083.6 84,049.3
* No account is taken of terminations and balances subsequent to original commitments; these terminations total $1,150,000.