non-governmental organizations, the private sector and all other sectors to contribute to the implementation of programmes aimed at eradicating poverty; "10. Recommends that the Economic and Social Council, when considering the theme "Coordination of the United Nations system activities for poverty eradication" at its substantive session for 1996, ensure that the relevant organs of the United Nations system take fully into account the gender perspective in their activities for the eradication of poverty, and requests the Council to recommend to the General Assembly that the gender dimension of poverty be incorporated into the plan of action of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty; "11. Requests the Secretary-General to report on the implementation of the present resolution in the framework of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty; "12. Also requests the Secretary-General to keep in mind the poverty dimension in the implementation and review of reports on all other critical areas of concern set out in the Platform for Action, taking into consideration the many links between the eradication of poverty and the other critical areas of concern." 63. At the 16th meeting, on 22 March, the Commission had before it a draft resolution (E/CN.6/1996/L.14) entitled "Implementation of strategic objectives and action in the critical area of concern: poverty", submitted by the Chairperson as the basis for informal consultations. The draft resolution read as follows: "The Commission on the Status of Women, "1st preambular paragraph. Recalling General Assembly resolution 49/110 of 19 December 1994 and other relevant resolutions of the Assembly related to international cooperation for the eradication of poverty in developing countries, "2nd preambular paragraph. Recalling also Assembly resolution 50/107 of 20 December 1995 on the observance of the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty and proclamation of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty, "3rd preambular paragraph. Reaffirming the importance of the outcome of the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing from 4 to 15 September 1995 as well as all the United Nations major conferences and summits organized since 1990, in particular the World Summit for Social Development held in Copenhagen in March 1995, [Placement to be decided] "3 bis preambular paragraph. Recognizing that the eradication of poverty will require the implementation and integration of strategies at the national and international levels in all the critical areas of concern in the Platform for Action [including, inter alia, health, education and human rights], "4th preambular paragraph. Reaffirming General Assembly resolution 50/203 of 22 December 1995 on the follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women, -65-