A/RES/48/108 Page 2 Conscious of the important and constructive contribution to the improvement of the status of women made by the Commission on the Status of Women, the specialized agencies, the regional commissions and other 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/ and 37/7 of 25 March 1993 3/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 preparation of the Conference and that the various preparatory activities are being conducted in an in-depth and comprehensive manner, Considering that 1994 will be a year of crucial importance to the preparations for the Fourth World Conference on Women, that the Commission on the Status of Women will convene an inter-sessional working group to deliberate the content of the Platform for Action and that the five regional commissions will convene their respective regional preparatory meetings for the Conference, 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General; 4/ 2. Reaffirms section I, paragraph 2, of the recommendations and conclusions arising from the first review and appraisal of the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women, contained in the annex to Economic and Social Council resolution 1990/15 of 24 May 1990, which called for an improved pace in the implementation of the Forward-looking Strategies in the crucial last decade of the twentieth century, since the cost to societies of failing to implement the Forwardlooking Strategies would be high in terms of slowed economic and social development, misuse of human resources and reduced progress for society as a whole; __________ 2/ See Official Records ofthe 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/ A/48/413. /...