A/RES/49/161 Page 2 organizations and bodies of the United Nations system and non-governmental organizations concerned, Concerned that the resources available in the Secretariat to the programme on the advancement of women are insufficient to ensure adequate support to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and effective implementation of other aspects of the programme, especially the preparations for the Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace, to be held in 1995, Taking into account Commission on the Status of Women resolutions 36/8 of 20 March 1992, 2/ 37/7 of 25 March 1993 3/ and 38/10 of 18 March 1994 4/ on the preparations for the Fourth World Conference on Women, Bearing in mind in all activities for especially those from with the Economic and the important role non-governmental organizations play the advancement of women and the fact that some of them, developing countries, do not enjoy consultative status Social Council, Noting with satisfaction that the preparations for the Fourth World Conference on Women have entered a substantive stage, that the relevant United Nations bodies, China, as the host country, and other countries all attach great importance to the preparations for the Conference and that the various preparatory activities are being conducted in an in-depth and comprehensive manner, Considering that 1995 will be a year of crucial importance to the preparations for the Fourth World Conference on Women and that the Commission on the Status of Women will deliberate the content of the Platform for Action at its thirty-ninth session, Welcoming the report of the Secretary-General 5/ containing the executive summary of the 1994 World Survey on the Role of Women in Development, Expressing its satisfaction that the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 6/ establishes that the empowerment of women is a key issue for the Fourth World Conference on Women, Also expressing its satisfaction that the regional preparatory conferences for the Fourth World Conference on Women have produced plans or platforms for their regions, which provide useful inputs for the Platform for Action of the Conference, 2/ See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1992, Supplement No. 4 (E/1992/24), chap. I, sect. C. 3/ Ibid., 1993, Supplement No. 7 (E/1993/27), chap. I, sect. C. 4/ Ibid., 1994, Supplement No. 7 (E/1994/27), chap. I, sect. C. 5/ A/49/378. 6/ A/CONF.171/13, chap. I, resolution 1, annex. /...