A/RES/53/28 Page 7 Arrangements for future sessions of the Preparatory Committee and the special session 40. Takes note of the decision of the Preparatory Committee to hold its first substantive session in New York from 17 to 28 May 1999 and its second session, also in New York, from 3 to 14 April 2000;12 41. Decides that the Preparatory Committee should establish an in-session open-ended working group during the second week of its first substantive session to facilitate consultations on organizational matters related to the special session; 42. Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General on the preparations for the special session;13 43. Welcomes the offer of the Government of Switzerland to convene the special session at the United Nations Office at Geneva; 44. Decides that the special session will be held at Geneva from 26 to 30 June 2000; 45. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session on the implementation of the outcome of the Summit; 46. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fourth session the item entitled “Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development”. 62nd plenary meeting 19 November 1998 12 Ibid., decision 6 (b). 13 A/53/210.