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27.
Decides that, in order to support developing countries, in
particular the least developed among them, in participating fully and
effectively in the Conference and its preparatory process, each least
developed country, to the extent that extrabudgetary funds are available, may
be provided from the trust fund established by the Secretary-General for the
preparations for the Conference with travel expenses and, on an exceptional
basis, daily subsistence allowance for representatives attending the thirtyninth session of the Commission, which is the preparatory body for the
Conference, and the Conference itself;
28.
Expresses its gratitude and appreciation to the Governments,
organizations and individuals that have already contributed to the Trust Fund
for the Fourth World Conference on Women;
29.
Recommends the further development of methods of compilation and
data collection in areas of concern identified by the Commission, and urges
Member States to improve and broaden collection of gender-disaggregated
statistical information and make it available to the relevant bodies of the
United Nations system with a view to preparing, in all official languages, as
a background document for the Fourth World Conference on Women, an updated
edition of The World’s Women 1970-1990: Trends and Statistics; 11/
30.
Endorses the request by the Commission that the Secretary-General
should include information on the decision-making position of women in public
life and in the fields of science and technology in the preparation of the
priority theme on peace, "Women in international decision-making", for the
Commission at its thirty-ninth session, in 1995;
31.
Requests the Secretary-General to make available for the Fourth
World Conference on Women reports and decisions of the World Conference on
Human Rights, the International Conference on Population and Development and
the World Summit for Social Development;
32.
Emphasizes that the success of the Fourth World Conference on
Women will depend largely on the follow-up to the Conference;
33.
Invites United Nations bodies and specialized agencies and other
relevant intergovernmental organizations to consider making concrete
commitments and specifying actions to meet the global priorities for the
advancement of women by the year 2000 which will be reflected in the Platform
for Action;
34.
Invites Member States similarly to consider specific action which
they could take in their own countries to bring about change by the year 2000;
35.
Reaffirms its decision, taking into account Commission resolution
37/7, to adopt the modalities for the participation in and contribution to the
Fourth World Conference on Women and its preparatory process by
non-governmental organizations, particularly those from the developing
countries, set out in the annex to General Assembly resolution 48/108;
36.
Requests the Secretary-General to prepare a report for the Fourth
World Conference on Women, to be held at Beijing in 1995, on the extent to
which gender concerns have been included in the activities of the relevant
human rights mechanisms of the United Nations, such as treaty-monitoring
bodies, rapporteurs and working groups;
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