E/1999/58
Distr.:General
10 June 1999
Original: English

 

Substantive session of 1999

Geneva, 5–30 July 1999

Item 3 (c) of the provisional agenda*

Operational activities of the United Nations for international development cooperation: reports of the Executive Boards of the United Nations Development Programme/United Nations Population Fund, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Food Programme

 

* E/1998/100 and Add.1.

 

 

 

Annual report of the Executive Director of the World Food Programme, 1998

 

 

Note by the Secretary-General

 

 

The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the Economic and Social Council the annual report of the Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP). The report, which has been prepared in accordance with Council resolution 1998/27 of 28 July 1998, includes information on key initiatives undertaken by WFP arising from the implementation of the United Nations reform programme; information on WFP implementation of the triennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development; and a mid-term review of the implementation of WFP commitments to women and the relevant decision of the Executive Board thereon.