In resolution 38/8 (Equal pay for equal work and work of equal value), the Commission calls upon Governments, non-governmental organizations and the international community to take steps to give effect to the principle of equal pay for work of equal value and requests the Secretary-General to report to the Commission at its thirty-ninth session on national experience in this regard. In resolution 38/9 (Rape and abuse of women in the areas of armed conflict in the former Yugoslavia), the Commission strongly condemns the practice of rape and abuse of women and children, declares it to be a heinous crime, demands its immediate cessation, urges punishment of the perpetrators, especially through the International Tribunal set up for the purpose, with full cooperation of States, and requests support to victims of the practice. -v-