UN General Assembly
1965

19. The United Nations Special Fund has given El Salvador its valuable co-operation in the form of technical personnel, equipment and services for the exploration of the ground water resources of one of our country's most important agricultural areas: the valley of the Río Grande de San Miguel. As a result of this study, a project for irrigating a very considerably larger area, thus greatly increasing the productive capacity of the valley, is in course of execution. In addition, the Government of El Salvador has just signed two agreements with the United Nations Special Fund for co-operation in investigating the country's geothermal resources and exploring the ground water resources of the San Salvador metropolitan area. Negotiations with the Special Fund regarding the execution of a study of our mineral resources are also under way. The regional projects cover industrial research and technology, telecommunications, agricultural sciences, the development of the fishing industry and the campaign for the eradication of the Mediterranean fruit fly.