A/RES/54/234 Page 3 7. Requests that, in addition to monitoring the recommendations referred to in paragraph 6 above, the ad hoc working group monitor the implementation of agreed conclusions 1999/2 and of decision 1999/270, as well as poverty eradication, debt relief, the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) and support to countries in post-conflict situations; 8. Requests the President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session to establish the ad hoc working group, to serve as its ex officio chairman, to designate, in close consultation with Member States, two vice-chairpersons and to convene an organizational meeting of the ad hoc working group not later than March 2000 to decide on modalities and develop arrangements for the effective functioning of the ad hoc working group; 9. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the ad hoc working group with all necessary assistance to ensure the accomplishment of its mandate; 10. Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session on the implementation of the present resolution. 87th plenary meeting 22 December 1999