mechanisms for mainstreaming established, to ensure incorporation of a gender perspective in all planning and budgeting exercises. Cooperation between national machineries and non-governmental organizations should be increased as well as among national machineries in different countries. 116. At the regional level, establishment or strengthening of existing structures in the regional commissions is necessary to permit the monitoring and assist in the implementation of regional plans of action, as well as of regional dimensions of the Platform for Action. Restructuring and revitalization of coordinating and cooperating bodies at the regional level should be considered. 117. At the international level, the role and mandate of the Commission on the Status of Women should be reviewed and updated to strengthen its capacity to develop policies and monitor and evaluate the implementation of the Platform for Action both at the national level and within the United Nations system. The procedures by which Governments, non-governmental organizations and organizations of the United Nations system will report on progress should be defined. The network of focal points in the United Nations system should be strengthened, as well as the offices of the focal points in the various organizations. At the centre of the network, the Division for the Advancement of Women should be strengthened through provision of additional human and financial resources to undertake the new tasks as well as to support the full implementation of existing mandates. Efforts should be made to establish effective links with national machinery, research institutions and non-governmental organizations. The mainstreaming mechanisms in the United Nations system should also be strengthened in the context of the Platform for Action. United Nations inter-agency coordination for the advancement of women should be regularized and strengthened. The Secretary-General should report annually to the General Assembly on progress made in following up the results of the Beijing Conference and, in particular, the implementation of the Platform for Action. Decision 38/1. Sustainable development and the environmental crisis The Commission on the Status of Women decides to defer consideration of the draft resolution entitled "Sustainable development and the environmental crisis", 40/ as orally revised, 41/ to its thirty-ninth session. Decision 38/2. Accreditation of non-governmental organizations in accordance with General Assembly resolution 48/108 At its 1st meeting, on 7 March, the Commission on the Status of Women approved the following list of non-governmental organizations recommended for accreditation to the Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace and its preparatory body: Academy for Educational Development Action Committee for Children and Women’s Rights in Mali African-American Institute, The 40/ E/CN.6/1994/L.17. 41/ See chap. V. -54-