organizations of the United Nations system, includi~g the regional commissions and the specialized agencies, and other intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to report periodically, through the Commission on the Status of Women, to the Economic and Social Council on the activities undertaken at all levels to implement the Forward-looking Strategies, Reaffirming the appropriateness of a two-year cycle of system-wide monitoring of progress made in implementing the Forward-looking Strategies and a five-year cycle of longer-term review and appraisal to continue the cycle established by the World Ccnference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women, .Recognizing that effective monitoring, review and appraisal should be conducted at the national, regional, sectoral and international levels to achieve optimal results, Mindful of the need to avoid duplication of reporting obligations, in view of the burden that coexisting reporting systems place on Member States, especially those with limited resources, and in view of the financial stringencies facing the United Nations system, 1. Endorses the comprehensive reporting system to monitor, review and appraise the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women as set out in the annex to the present resolution; 2. Decides that its intergovernmental subsidiary bodies, including the regional commissions, should monitor, as necessary, the follow-up to their recommendations relating to the advancement of women; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to include the resolutions of these bodies in the report requested by the General Assembly in resolution 42/178 of 11 December 1987 and the results of this monitoring in his biennial report to the Commission on the Status of Women on monitoring the Forward-looking Strategies; 4. Also requests the Secretary-General to invite Governments and intergovernmental and non-go.·errJJTiental organizations to report through the Commission on the Status of Women to the Economic and Social Council on· 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be focused on the advancement of women and the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women, which suggests that it may be related to social and human development issues. The text also mentions the United Nations system, the Economic and Social Council, and the Commission on the Status of Women, which are all organizations involved in promoting development and human rights.

**Category**
Education, Humanitarian aid and relief