18- وعلاوة على ذلك، تنص المبادئ التوجيهية التي اعتمدها مجلس التجارة والتنمية في دورته الاستثنائية التاسعة عشرة (TD/B(S-XIX)/4) على أن تظل "جداول أعمال اللجان تشتمل على بند بشأن متابعة وتنفيذ التوصيات السابقة.
The note on “Improving the functioning and the structure of the intergovernmental machinery of UNCTAD” (TD/EX(24)/L.1), re-endorsed by the Board at its twenty-sixth executive session on 10 April 2001, states: “Starting with the second session of each Commission, the fifth day of the session will be used for policy reviews of implementation by member States and the secretariat of the outcome of previous sessions, on the basis of documentation produced by the secretariat.” Furthermore, the guidelines adopted by the Trade and Development Board at its nineteenth special session (TD/B(S-XIX)/4) state the Commissions' agendas will continue to include an item on follow-up and implementation of past recommendations.