(a) To authorize the Commission on the Status of Women acting as the preparatory committee for the special session of the General Assembly entitled "Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century" to hold a resumed session, subject to the availability of services, for one day, on an exceptional basis, in order to complete the work of its third session;

(b) Notwithstanding General Assembly resolution 52/100 of 12 December 1997 and without setting a precedent for future special sessions of the Assembly for which the functional commissions of the Council may be requested to act as preparatory bodies, to transmit directly to the twenty-third special session of the Assembly the report of the Commission on the Status of Women acting as the preparatory committee for the special session."