A/RES/58/236 14. Reiterates the need to respond urgently to the dire situation in subSaharan Africa and in particular the crisis conditions in the southern African region, in order to minimize the loss of institutional capacity in key national sectors and mitigate the threat of accelerating the cycle of poverty, food insecurity, instability and heightened vulnerability to HIV/AIDS; 15. Stresses the need for intensified action in all regions, especially the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and Asia and the Pacific; 16. Decides to hold a high-level meeting in 2005 to review the progress achieved in realizing the commitments set out in the Declaration of Commitment, and decides also that the scheduling, format, participation, including civil society participation, and other organizational details will be further considered during the fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly; 17. Requests the Secretary-General, in this regard, to submit a comprehensive and analytical report on progress achieved in realizing the commitments set out in the Declaration of Commitment, in particular those set out for 2005, with a view to identifying problems and constraints and making recommendations on action needed to make further progress; 18. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-ninth session, the item entitled “Follow up to the outcome of the twenty-sixth special session: implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS”. 78th plenary meeting 23 December 2003 6