A/RES/56/132 implement the outcome of the twenty-third special session, as well as the Beijing Platform for Action, in their reports to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women under article 18 of the Convention; 26. Welcomes the entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 12 and urges States parties to the Convention that have not yet done so to consider signing, ratifying or acceding to the Optional Protocol; 27. Urges Member States to consider signing, ratifying or acceding to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 6 and the Protocols thereto,7 in particular the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children; 28. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to disseminate the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session as widely as possible in all the official languages of the United Nations; 29. Also requests the Secretary-General to report annually to the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the Commission on the Status of Women on follow-up to and progress in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session, with an assessment of progress made in mainstreaming a gender perspective within the United Nations system, including by providing information on key achievements, lessons learned and best practices, and to recommend further measures and strategies for future action within the United Nations system; 30. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-seventh session the item entitled “Implementation of the outcome of the Fourth World Conference on Women and of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly entitled ‘Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century’ ”. 88th plenary meeting 19 December 2001 12 6 Resolution 54/4, annex.