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32. Reiterates that the objectives of the special session will be to reaffirm the Declaration and the
Programme of Action agreed at the Summit and not to renegotiate them, to identify progress made and
constraints therein, as well as lessons learned, in the implementation of the Declaration and the Programme
of Action at the national, regional and international levels and to recommend concrete actions and
initiatives to further efforts towards full and effective implementation of the Declaration and the
Programme of Action;
33. Recalls the provisional agenda for the first substantive session of the Preparatory Committee for
the Special Session of the General Assembly on the Implementation of the Outcome of the World Summit
for Social Development and Further Initiatives as adopted in decision 53/405 of 7 October 1998;
34. Reaffirms the need to integrate a gender perspective in all aspects of the preparatory work as well
as in the special session;
35. Takes note of the recommendation of the Preparatory Committee that the Commission for Social
Development, which has primary responsibility for the follow-up and review of the implementation of the
Declaration and the Programme of Action, be entrusted with the responsibility of acting as the forum for
national reporting, benefiting from the sharing of experiences gained and thus in 1999 and 2000
identifying areas where further initiatives are needed, for consideration by the Preparatory Committee;10
36. Reaffirms the decision of the Preparatory Committee that its substantive activities should take
into account the results of other major United Nations conferences and contributions by other relevant
organs and specialized agencies of the United Nations system in time for the respective substantive
sessions of the Committee;11
37. Invites all relevant organs, funds and programmes, as well as the specialized agencies of the
United Nations system, including the Bretton Woods institutions and the World Trade Organization, to
contribute to and be actively involved in the preparatory process and the special session by submitting
contributions for the overall assessment of the implementation of the Copenhagen commitments as well
as by, inter alia, submitting proposals for further actions and initiatives;
38. Invites the International Labour Organization, which because of its mandate, tripartite structure
and expertise has a special role to play in the field of employment and social development, to be actively
involved in the preparatory process and the special session, to contribute to the overall review and
appraisal of the implementation of the outcome of the Summit and to consider further action and initiatives
therein;
39. Invites Governments to contribute to the Trust Fund for the Follow-up to the World Summit for
Social Development in order to support the participation of the least developed countries in the work of
the Preparatory Committee and the special session, and the work undertaken by the Secretariat in the
preparations for the special session;
10
Ibid., chap. VI, sect. B, decision 3 (a).
11
Ibid., decision 4.
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