8. Invites Governments of developing countries to give priority, within the context of their overall requests for development assistance, to proposals for assistance to strengthen national machinery for the advancement of women or its equivalent; 9. Recommends that international development agencies respond positively to requests from Governments for assistance in strengthening national machinery for the advancement of women or its equivalent; 10. Urges the national machinery for the advancement of women or its equivalent in each Government to participate actively in the preparation and follow-up of the work of the Commission on the Status of Women by co-ordinating the collection of all forms of information for the comprehensive reporting system to review and appraise the implementation of the Forward-looking Strategies and for reports for the Commission's consideration of priority themes; 11. Endorses the continuation of the information system on women initiated by the Secretary-General and its further development in official languages of the United Nations, consistent with the priorities determined by -33-Governments and taking advantage of all sources of funding beyond those already mandated, including the contributions of interested Governments; 12. Recommends that statistics and other information on women be an integral part of all relevant major statistical and public information programmes of the United Nations system, including those of the United Nations Office at Vienna and the Department of Public Information of the United Nations Secretariat; 13. Recommends that the services of an interregional adviser be made available, through the regular programme of technical co-operation, to assist, on request, national machineries or their equivalents in carrying out effectively their review and appraisal of the implementation of the Forward-looking Strategies and in preparing the reports called for in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; 14. Decides that the questionnaire to be prepared by the 
**Analysis**
The text appears to focus on promoting gender equality and empowering women, as it addresses the strengthening of national machinery for women's advancement, gathering statistics and information on women, and reviewing the implementation of strategies for women's rights. This suggests that the topic is related to social development and human rights.

**Category**
Education, Humanitarian aid and relief