"1. Demands that Governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, as appropriate, ensure the full and urgent implementation of the rights of the girl child, as guaranteed to her under all human rights instruments, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; "2. Calls upon the Secretary-General to appoint a special ambassador to raise awareness on the special needs and concerns of the girl child; "3. Requests Governments, the United Nations system and non-governmental organizations to give due account to the recommendations contained in the report of the expert group meeting on adolescent girls and their rights; "4. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the Commission on the Status of Women prior to the five-year review of the Fourth World Conference on Women in the year 2000, and thereafter on a biennial basis, on the initiatives and progress made in the implementation of the Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women relating to the Girl Child." 44. At the same meeting, the observer for Namibia withdrew the draft resolution on behalf of the sponsors. Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan 45. At the 12th meeting, on 12 March, the representative of the United States of America, on behalf of Australia,1 Austria,1 Belgium, Bolivia, Canada,1 Chile, the Czech Republic,1 the Democratic Republic of the Congo,1 Denmark,1 Finland,1 France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala,1 Guinea-Bissau,1 Iceland,1 Ireland,1 Israel,1 Italy,1 Japan, Kyrgyzstan,1 Liechtenstein,1 Luxembourg,1 Malawi,1 Mali, the Marshall Islands,1 the Netherlands,1 New Zealand,1 Panama,1 Peru, the Philippines, Portugal, Romania,1 Rwanda, Slovakia, South Africa,1 Spain,1 Sweden,1 Turkey,1 the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America, introduced a draft resolution (E/CN.6/1998/L.5) entitled "Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan". Subsequently, Argentina,1 Bulgaria, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador,1 Ghana, Guinea,1 Malta,1 Norway and Poland joined in sponsoring the draft resolution. 46. In introducing the draft resolution, the representative of the United States of America orally revised it by adding an operative paragraph 7 which read as follows: "Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that reports of future gender missions are made available to the Commission on the Status of Women". 47. At the 13th meeting, on 13 March, the representative of the United States of America further orally revised the draft resolution by deleting the word "Member" before the word "States" in operative paragraphs 4 and 6. 48. The observer for Switzerland1 joined in sponsoring the draft resolution, as further orally revised. 49. At the same meeting, the Commission adopted the draft resolution, as further orally revised (see chap. I, sect. B, draft resolution I). -51-