A/RES/53/111 Page 3 International Crime Prevention in order to assist Member States in the full implementation of the Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan; 9. Further requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide Member States with technical cooperation, advisory services and other forms of assistance upon request in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice, including in the area of prevention and control of transnational organized crime; 10. Decides to establish an open-ended intergovernmental ad hoc committee for the purpose of elaborating a comprehensive international convention against transnational organized crime and of discussing the elaboration, as appropriate, of international instruments addressing trafficking in women and children, combating the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, and illegal trafficking in and transporting of migrants, including by sea; 11. Welcomes with appreciation the offer of the Government of Argentina to host an informal preparatory meeting of the intergovernmental ad hoc committee at Buenos Aires from 31 August to 4 September 1998, so as to ensure the continuation without interruption of work on the elaboration of the convention; 12. Requests the Secretary-General to convene a meeting of the intergovernmental ad hoc committee at Vienna from 18 to 29 January 1999 and to consider the possibility of convening a second meeting before the eighth session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, if this proves necessary to advance the process; 13. Decides to accept the recommendation of the Commission to elect Luigi Lauriola (Italy) as the Chairman of the intergovernmental ad hoc committee; 14. Requests the intergovernmental ad hoc committee, in carrying out its work pursuant to paragraph 10 above, to take into account the report of the intergovernmental group of experts, the report of the working group on the implementation of the Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan against Organized Transnational Crime,7 including its appendices, and Economic and Social Council resolutions 1998/18, 1998/19 and 1998/20 of 28 July 1998; 15. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the necessary resources to convene, support and follow up the work of the intergovernmental ad hoc committee; 16. Invites donor countries to cooperate with developing countries to ensure their full participation in the work of the intergovernmental ad hoc committee; 17. Requests the intergovernmental ad hoc committee to submit a progress report to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at its eighth session and to hold a meeting during that session for at least three working days. 7 Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1998, Supplement No. 10 and corrigendum (E/1998/30 and Corr.1), annex III. /...