Bearing in mind the important role of non-governmental organizations in all activities for the advancement of women and the fact that some of them, specially those from developing countries, do not enjoy consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, 1. Invites Governments to include, whenever possible, non-governmental organizations in their delegations; 2. Requests the Secretary-General of the Conference taking as a guideline practices being used by such other world conferences as the International Conference on Population and Development, to propose to the regional commissions a formula to determine the eligibility of non-governmental organizations not in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council to participate in preparatory activities and/or regional meetings, which would make them eligible to apply for accreditation to the World Conference; 3. Also requests the Secretary-General of the Conference to obtain from the regional commissions a list of those non-governmental organizations not in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council which were determined to be eligible, which will be submitted to the Commission at its thirty-ninth session so that the Commission may make the list of those to be invited to the World Conference, bearing in mind that for the proper functioning of the Conference and the efficient participation of non-governmental organizations themselves, their number should not be excessive and that the list should have a regional balance; attention will be given to the existing resources and facilities available in the host country; 4. Further requests the Secretary-General of the Conference to submit to the Commission at its thirty-ninth session a proposal for criteria to be used by the Commission in drawing up the final list; III Platform for Action Conscious of the importance of the approval of the Platform for Action, Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General (E/CN.6/1993/6, annex) containing a draft outline of the Platform for Action, Emphasizing that the Platform for Action should be concise and accessible and should accelerate, through concerted and intensive action in the coming years, the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women 1/ in critical areas so that equality becomes a reality by the twenty-first century, Taking note of the need to bring the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies into line with the challenges facing women in the twenty-first century, 1. Requests the Secretary-General to prepare, and to present to the Commission at its thirty-eighth session, a draft of the Platform for Action, following the structure and guidelines set out in the annex to the present resolution and in the results of the proposed inter-sessional working group; 2. Requests national committees and focal points to initiate and promote preparations for the Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace to take into account the critical areas of concern in the structure of the Platform for Action when preparing their reports; -43-