A/RES/54/93 Page 2 3. Decides that the special session shall be convened in the month of September 2001; 4. Also decides that the special session, while reviewing the achievements in the implementation and results of the World Declaratation on the Survival, Protection and Development of Children and Plan of Action for Implementing the World Declaration on the Survival, Protection and Development of Children in the 1990s,3 will undertake a renewed commitment and consider future action for children in the next decade; 5. Recognizes the importance of a participatory process at the national, regional and international levels with a view, inter alia, to establishing partnerships between a broad range of actors, including children and youth, in order to raise momentum for children’s rights and needs; 6. Decides to establish an open-ended preparatory committee, also open to States members of the specialized agencies, to address organizational issues, including the form, the participation of a broad range of relevant actors and the agenda, and to prepare for the outcome of the special session; 7. Strongly encourages the full and effective participation of Member States, and invites the heads of State and Government to consider assigning personal representatives to the preparatory committee; 8. Requests the preparatory committee to convene one organizational session on 7 and 8 February 2000 and one substantive session from 30 May to 2 June 2000 and to propose to the General Assembly its requirements for further meetings in 2001; 9. Requests the Secretary-General, with the support of the United Nations Children’s Fund, to assist the preparatory committee in providing substantive input to the preparatory process and at the special session, including a report on emerging issues to be considered at the substantive session of the preparatory committee in 2000; 10. Invites all other relevant organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, including the funds and programmes, specialized agencies and the international financial institutions, actively to participate in the preparations for the special session; 11. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure an effective and coordinated system-wide response to the preparations for the special session; 12. Invites the Committee on the Rights of the Child to provide its input to the preparatory process and at the special session; 13. Invites all relevant experts, including the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, to participate in the preparatory process and the special session in accordance with the established practice; 14. Recognizes the important role of all relevant actors, including non-governmental organizations, in implementing the Plan of Action, and stresses the need for their active involvement in the preparatory process, 3 A/45/625, annex. /...