E/2005/27 E/CN.6/2005/11 (p) Establish or reinforce existing institutional mechanisms at all levels to work with national machineries for the advancement of women to strengthen societal support for gender equality, in cooperation with civil society, in particular women’s non-governmental organizations; 7. Emphasizes that, while the primary responsibility for implementing gender mainstreaming rests with Governments, partnership, cooperation and the exchange of experience with all relevant stakeholders at all levels contribute to effective outcomes; 8. Calls upon the international community, including the United Nations system and other regional and subregional organizations, to support efforts to mainstream a gender perspective at the national level by: (a) Supporting national Governments in their efforts to strengthen national mechanisms through official development assistance and other appropriate assistance; (b) Encouraging multilateral, bilateral, donor and development agencies to include in their programmes of assistance activities that strengthen national machineries; (c) Providing technical cooperation and other forms of assistance to the developing countries, in particular in Africa and the least developed countries, in implementing the Beijing Platform for Action; (d) Facilitating the sharing of information on guidelines, methodologies and best practices and making such information available, inter alia, through a variety of formats, including web-based and electronic formats; 9. Emphasizes that the promotion of gender equality and women’s empowerment and the full and effective implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome documents of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly are among the essential elements for the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the Millennium Declaration, and stresses the need to ensure the integration of a gender perspective both in the preparations for and at the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the review of the Millennium Declaration; 10. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Commission on the Status of Women at its fiftieth session, on progress in mainstreaming a gender perspective in the development, implementation and evaluation of national policies and programmes, bearing in mind its two thematic issues as outlined in its multi-year programme of work. Resolution 49/5 Integrating a gender perspective in post-disaster relief, recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts, including in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster* The Commission on the Status of Women, Recalling General Assembly resolutions 46/182 of 19 December 1991, 59/212 of 20 December 2004, 59/231 of 22 December 2004, 59/232 of 22 December 2004 * For the discussion, see chap. II. 19