• 20. The Committee also decided that the lntroductory statements and the replles made by representatives of states should become part of the files to be kept by the Secretariat, together with the sumary records, because they contained valuable information on the actual situation of women in the country concerned WhlCh often supplemented information contained in the report. The Committee asked the Secretariat to make up a reference file for each country consisting of the report, the additional information and any documentation relevant to the Convention, and make available to the members of the Committee the files of those countries whose reports would be consi~ered during the session. E. World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women 21. Some experts drew the attention of the Commlttee to the importance of its contrlbution to the 1985 World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achlevements of the United Nations Decade for Women, as suggested by the Commission on the Status of Women acting as the preparatory body during its first session, held from 23 February to 4 March 1983. 22. It was agreed that, as its contribution to the 1985 World Conference, the reports of the secona ana third sessions of the COlnmlttee shoula be forwarded to the Commission on the Status of Women acting as the preparatory body for the World Conference to be held at Nairobi. F. Participatlon of specialized agencies 23. Although the experts agreed that the specialized agencies might attend meetings of the Committee as provided in the first sentence of article 22 of the Convention and in rule 52 (1) of the rules of procedure of the Committee, an exchange of views took place regarding whether they should be invited to submit reports to the Committee pursuant to rule 51 of the Committee's rules of procedure and whether those reports should be discussed at the meetings of the Committee. 24. The major;~v of experts felt that it would be useful to invite the specialized agencies to prepare reports on the implementation of those provisions which fell within the scope of their agencies' activities and that such reports should be made available to the Committee as background material. However, a few experts were of the opinion that, at the present stage, the primary work of the committee was to receive and consider reports from States parties and that the question on the contribution of agencies should be postponed to the third session of the Commlttee in 1984. 25. At its 23rd meeting, on 11 August 1983, the Committee adopted the following alCaft cec i s ron by consensu.s s "In accordance with article 22 of the Convention, the Committee decided to lnvite the speciallzed agencies whose activities were relevant to the articles of the Convention to prepare reports on such programmes as might promote the implementation of the Convention and to proviae the Committee with additional information." -5-