generating employment and to ensure their full participation in the decision-making process; "5. Requests Governments to strengthen the effectiveness of national machinery for the advancement of women, in order to guarantee the inclusion of a gender perspective in the mainstream of socio-economic policies at the national level, giving particular attention to women living in extreme poverty; "6. Appeals to Governments to share national experiences, at the regional and international levels, relating to their efforts to deal with extreme poverty, in particular the effects of those efforts on women; "7. Appeals to the Governments of developing countries to strengthen collaborative technical assistance and to exchange practical experiences in poverty eradication programmes by establishing a network of focal points; "8. Requests Member States and international, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to allocate or reallocate national resources through appropriate channels with a view to guaranteeing that women living in poverty are active agents as well as direct beneficiaries of poverty eradication programmes; "9. Calls upon multilateral institutions, bilateral mechanisms and donor countries to provide technical and financial cooperation to developing countries, in particular to least developed countries, in order to complement and strengthen national efforts, taking into account that such assistance, while continuing to address emergency situations, should also be directed to medium- and long-term self-sustaining programmes." 48. At the 15th meeting, on 26 March, the representative of Chile, on behalf of the sponsors, orally revised the draft resolution. 49. The Commission then adopted the draft resolution, as orally revised (see chap. I, sect. C, resolution 37/8). -78-