A/RES/54/196 Page 4 commissions in assisting countries, in particular developing countries and countries with economies in transition, in preparing for the discussion on financing for development; 16. Requests the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to take into account the schedule of the Preparatory Committee and meetings of the regional commissions in assisting developing countries and countries with economies in transition in preparing for the discussion on financing for development; 17. Requests the Secretary-General, in close consultation with all Member States, to provide the Preparatory Committee and the high-level intergovernmental event with a secretariat commensurate with the level of the event and adequate staff and other resources, further invites the Secretary-General in this context to explore, in consultation with all relevant institutional stakeholders, the possibility of utilizing, in that secretariat, staff from among the stakeholders, as appropriate, and also requests the Secretary-General to make proposals in this regard to the Preparatory Committee at its resumed organizational session in accordance with the rules and procedures of the United Nations; 18. Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session on the implementation of the present resolution and on the overall work undertaken with regard to the high-level international intergovernmental consideration of financing for development; 19. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fifth session the item entitled “High-level international intergovernmental consideration of financing for development”. 87th plenary meeting 22 December 1999