IICA/CE/Res.510 (XXIX-0/09) 16 July 2009 Original: Spanish
RESOLUTION No. 510
2008-2009 INTER-AMERICAN AWARDS IN THE RURAL SECTOR
The EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, at its Twenty-ninth Regular Meeting,
CONSIDERING:
That during the present meeting, the Executive Committee elected Chile, El Salvador, Peru, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the United States of America to sit on the Selection Committee for the Inter-American Awards in the Rural Sector for 2008-2009;
That the small number of candidates nominated by the Member States for the Inter-American Awards in the Rural Sector justifies extending the deadline for nominating candidates,
RESOLVES:
1. To extend the deadline for nominating candidates for the Inter-American Awards in the Rural Sector to 15 October 2009;
2. To urge the Member States to submit nominations to the General Directorate of IICA of candidates of sufficient merit for the abovementioned inter-American awards;
3. To convene the Selection Committee during the Fifteenth Regular Meeting of the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA), so that it can study the nominations and make the corresponding recommendations to the IABA.
