On Sunday September 8, the day prior to the start of the CIAT Technical Conference, the Executive Council met in Nairobi, Kenya.

This meeting mainly addressed the reports of activities and the budgetary execution of the current period as well as the audited financial statements of the previous period which ended on June 30 of this year.

Argentina chaired the meeting which was attended by the representatives of Brazil, Canada, Chile, El Salvador, Netherlands and Uruguay. The Heads of the permanent missions of Spain, France and Italy at the CIAT were invited to this session.