3. Requests the Secretary-General to bring the structure of the Platform for Action to the attention of the regional conferences to prepare for the Conference so that they may take it into account in their deliberations; IV Second review and appraisal of the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women Recalling its resolution 36/8 A of 20 March 1992, in which it requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Commission at its thirty-seventh session a report containing an outline of the second report on the review and appraisal of the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women, 1/ in which special emphasis should be given to the recommendations and conclusions arising from the first review and appraisal of the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies, contained in the annex to Economic and Social Council resolution 1990/15 of 24 May 1990, Taking note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General (E/CN.6/1993/7) on the outline and contents of the second review and appraisal of the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies, which presented the outlines for national and global reports and suggestions on the indicators to be included in them, Taking into account the need for the global report of the implementation of the Forward-looking Strategies to reflect the situation of countries and regions and the criteria of Governments as regards the implementation of the Strategies, 1. Urges Governments to initiate preparations for their national reports as soon as possible and to ensure that they are submitted to the regional conferences in time to serve as contributions to the regional review and appraisal of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women and to the Secretariat in time to serve as input for the global review and appraisal; 2. Recommends that Governments, in preparing their national reports, utilize available reports, such as those prepared by them for the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, taking into account the guidelines given by the Committee for those reports; 3. Recommends that the review and appraisal at all levels focus on priorities of Governments and highlight the critical areas of concern identified in the structure of the Platform for Action; 4. Requests the Secretariat to prepare a list of the most significant indicators on the basis of the critical areas of concern identified in the structure of the Platform for Action, taking into account the availability of reliable national statistics, and to circulate it to national committees and focal points to initiate and promote preparations for the Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace; 5. Also requests the Secretariat to use the necessary machinery to include the results of the regional conferences in the second report on the review and appraisal of the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies; -44-