A/RES/53/ Page 3 reports and proposals for further action and initiatives, and of its decision on further preparations for the special session;5 11. Takes note of the decision adopted by the Preparatory Committee at its resumed first session on accreditation and modalities for participation of non-governmental organizations at the special session,6 and recalls General Assembly decision 54/407 of 8 October 1999 on arrangements regarding participation of nongovernmental organizations in the special session; 12. Recalls the provisional agenda of the second session of the Preparatory Committee as adopted by the General Assembly in its decision 54/406 of 8 October 1999; 13. Also recalls the arrangements for the special session as recommended by the Preparatory Committee and adopted by the General Assembly in its decision 54/404 of 8 October 1999; 14. Further recalls General Assembly decision 54/405 of 8 October 1999, by which the special session will be entitled “World Summit for Social Development and beyond: achieving social development for all in a globalizing world”; 15. Recalls the recommendation by the Preparatory Committee at its organizational session that the Commission for Social Development be entrusted with the responsibility of acting as the forum for national reporting, benefiting from the sharing of experiences gained and thus identifying areas where further initiatives are needed for consideration by the Preparatory Committee; 16. Takes note of resolution 37/1 of the Commission for Social Development, entitled “Social services for all”, and the agreed conclusions contained therein, and its resolution 37/3 entitled “Initiation of the overall review of the implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development”;7 17. Recalls that in accordance with the Commission’s multi-year programme of work, as approved by the Economic and Social Council in its resolution 1996/7, the priority theme for its thirty-eighth session in February 2000 will be “Contribution of the Commission to the overall review of the implementation of the outcome of the Summit”, and in this connection also recalls the invitation by the Preparatory Committee at its first session to the Commission to undertake the overall review of the implementation of the outcome of the Summit, and to transmit the results of its deliberations to the Preparatory Committee at its second session; 18. Takes note of the ministerial communiqué adopted by the Economic and Social Council at the highlevel segment of its substantive session of 1999, entitled “The role of employment and work in poverty eradication: the empowerment and advancement of women”; 19. Reaffirms in this context the decision of the Preparatory Committee at its organizational session 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; 5 Ibid., decision 2. 6 Ibid., decision 3. 7 Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1999, Supplement No. 6 (E/1999/26), chap. I, sect. D, para. 4. 99-77563 /...