text: 15-26 July 1985 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.85.IV.10), chap. I, sect. A. 44/ General Assembly resolution 34/180, annex. 45/ See E/CN.6/1988/3. -32-Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, and therefore requests Governments to provide adequate political, financial and human resources to enable such machinery or its equivalent to function effectively; 3,. Encourages Governments, in accordance with their own administrative systems, to make every effort in establishing or strengthening national machinery for the advancement of women, or its equivalent, to do so, as appropriate, on the basis of the recomme~dations of the Seminar on National Machinery for Monitoring and Improving the Status of Women and the Seminar on Information Systems for the Advancement of Women for National Machinerr; 4. Stresses the importance, for Governments, of establishing and maintaining formal and informal mechanisms for co-operation between national machinery or its equivalent and specialized centres of responsibility in sectoral departments and ministries, including mechanisms to support greater co-ordination of efforts to promote the interests of women in both national and international policies; 5. Calls upon Governments to develop information systems that include statistics and indicators on the status of women; 6. Invites national machineries or their equivalents tn exchange information, bilaterally and multilaterally, on issues of common interest, including information on innovative policies, programmes and research; 7. Requests the Secretary-General, in co-operation with the regional commissions, to promote such information exchange by supporting regional and subregional meetings of national machinery or its equivalent, using resources from the regular programme of advisory services for the biennium 1988-1989 and from the regular budgets of the five regional commissions thereafter, and by annually updating and distributing the Directory of National Machinery for the Advancement of Women; 
analysis: This text appears to be related to the advancement of women and the elimination of discrimination against them. It mentions national machinery for the advancement of women, information systems, and exchange of information between governments. It also emphasizes the importance of cooperation and coordination between different departments and ministries. This suggests that the text is focused on social and gender issues, rather than economic development or other specific areas.