(e) To withdraw reservations incompatible with the object and purpose of the Convention and to consider reviewing other reservations with a view to withdrawing them; (f) To accept the amendment to paragraph 2 of article 43 of the Convention, adopted by the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on 12 December 1995 and ratified by the General Assembly in resolution 50/155 of 21 December 1995, which would increase the membership of the Committee on the Rights of the Child from 10 to 18 experts and requests the Secretary-General to invite those States parties that have not yet accepted the amendment to consider doing so; (g) To ensure when electing the members of the Committee on the Rights of the Child in accordance with article 43 of the Convention that the members are of high moral standing and recognized competence in the field covered by the Convention, serving in their personal capacity, consideration being given to equitable geographical distribution, as well as to the principal legal systems; 3. Decides, with regard to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, to request the SecretaryGeneral to ensure the provision of appropriate staff and facilities from the United Nations regular budget for the effective and expeditious performance of the functions of the Committee, while noting the temporary support given by the Plan of Action of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to strengthen the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child; II Protection and promotion of the rights of the girl child 4. Welcomes: (a) General Assembly resolution 52/100 of 12 December 1997 and 52/231 of 4 June 1998, in which it decided that the high-level plenary review to appraise and assess the progress achieved in the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women adopted in 1985 by the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.85.IV.10) (chap. I, sect. A) and the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action of the Fourth World Conference on Women (A/CONF.177/20, chap. I), should be held as a special session of the General Assembly in the year 2000; (b) All relevant conclusions relating to the girl child adopted by the Commission on the Status of Women, in particular at its forty-second session (see E/1998/27); 5. Reaffirms the fundamental principle set forth in the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (A/CONF.157/23) and in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action that the human rights of women and girls are an inalienable, integral and indivisible part of universal human rights; page 5