A/RES/52/128 Page 4 11. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide the necessary assistance for holding meetings of the Coordinating Committee during the sessions of the Commission on Human Rights, in cooperation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; 12. Also requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide, from within existing resources and from the resources of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights, the necessary assistance for regional meetings of national institutions; 13. Notes the importance of resolving the question of finding an appropriate form of participation for independent national institutions in meetings of the Commission on Human Rights and its subsidiary bodies; 14. Recognizes the important and constructive role that non-governmental organizations may play, in cooperation with national institutions, for the better promotion and protection of human rights; 15. Encourages all Member States to take appropriate steps to promote the exchange of information and experience concerning the establishment and effective operation of such national institutions; 16. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session on the implementation of the present resolution. 70th plenary meeting 12 December 1997