"3. Urges all parties to conflicts to release all women and children who have been taken as hostages and imprisoned in areas of armed conflict, before the opening of the Fourth World Conference on Women, to be held in Beijing, China, from 4 to 15 September 1995, and thereby carry out an action for peace and justice; "4. Requests the Secretary-General to use all appropriate measures to ensure that women and children who have been imprisoned as hostages in zones of armed conflict are released by the beginning of the Beijing Conference; "5. Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the Fourth World Conference on Women on the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution, as well as to submit a report to the Commission on the Status of Women at its fortieth session, on the implementation of the present resolution." 26. At the same meeting, the observer for Azerbaijan orally revised the draft resolution. 27. At the 12th meeting, on 29 March, statements were made by the representatives of the Russian Federation and India. 28. At the 14th meeting, on 31 March, Croatia*, the Dominican Republic*, Georgia*, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia* joined in sponsoring the draft resolution. 29. At the same meeting, the representative of the Russian Federation requested a vote on the draft resolution, as orally revised. 30. Also at the same meeting, the representative of France (on behalf of the European Union) made a statement. 31. At the 15th meeting, on 31 March, the representative of China made a statement. 32. At the same meeting, the Commission adopted the draft resolution, as orally revised, by a roll-call vote of 27 to none, with 14 abstentions (see chap. I, sect. C, Commission resolution 39/2). The voting was as follows: 52/ In favour: Algeria, Bahamas, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Ecuador, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kenya, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Namibia, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Togo, Tunisia, Venezuela. Against: None. Abstaining: Angola, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Greece, India, 53/ Japan, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain. 52/ The delegations of Slovakia, the Sudan, Thailand and Zambia did not participate in the vote. 53/ Subsequently, the delegation of India advised the Secretariat that it had intended to vote in favour of the revised draft resolution. -56-