A/RES/49/105 Page 2 1. Takes note of the report of the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on the progress made in relation to the World Decade for Cultural Development during the period 1992-1993; 2/ 2. Also takes note of the examination of the mid-term summary evaluation report of the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on the Plan of Action for the Decade; 3/ 3. Acknowledges the progress made by Member States and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations in implementing the Plan of Action for the World Decade for Cultural Development, 4/ and encourages them to pursue their efforts in this respect during the second part of the Decade; 4. Welcomes the establishment of the independent World Commission on Culture and Development and looks forward to its report as requested in resolution 46/158; 5. Invites all States and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, and, within existing budgetary resources, organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system: (a) When undertaking activities in connection with the Decade, to concentrate efforts on interdisciplinary projects of a regional and interregional scope and to encourage the formation of different types of partnerships for their implementation; (b) To find appropriate ways to integrate cultural factors into all endeavours aimed at social and economic development and at the same time to promote intercultural understanding and appreciation; 6. Invites the regional commissions to consider undertaking, as a contribution to the final evaluation report on the Decade, in consultation with Governments and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, a study of the cultural factors influencing development as a potential creator of jobs and generator of income; 7. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-first session a sub-item entitled "Cultural development", and requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to submit a further progress report on the implementation of the Decade to the General Assembly through the Economic and Social Council in 1996. 92nd plenary meeting 19 December 1994 2/ A/49/159-E/1994/62/Add.1, annex, and Add.2, annex. 3/ A/49/159-E/1994/62, annex. 4/ E/1986/L.30, annex.