A/RES/59/265 3. Requests the Secretary-General to conduct systematic follow-up regarding the utilization of conference services by those bodies that consistently underutilize their conference-servicing resources over a longer period of time in order to identify the underlying causes for their being unable to reach the benchmark; Also requests the Secretary-General to report in future statistics on 4. reassignments of services to meetings both related and unrelated to the cancelling body; Welcomes the efforts that are being made to improve the utilization of the 5. conference facilities at the United Nations Office at Nairobi, as set out in the report of the Secretary-General; 8 6. Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to continue to intensify the marketing efforts being made by the United Nations Office at Nairobi to attract more meetings to its facilities; Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that conference management 7. services at the United Nations Office at Nairobi are in line with other duty stations, taking into account the operational requirements of the Office, and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session for its consideration; Recalls its several resolutions, including resolution 57/283 B, 8. section II.A, paragraph 9, and reaffirms that all meetings of Nairobi-based United Nations bodies shall take place in Nairobi, except as otherwise authorized by the General Assembly or the Committee on Conferences acting on its behalf, and requests the Secretary-General to report on the subject to the Assembly at its sixtieth session through the Committee on Conferences; Strongly discourages any invitation to host meetings that would violate 9. the headquarters rule, in particular for the United Nations Office at Nairobi and other United Nations centres with a low utilization level; 10. Expresses deep concern over the remaining vacancies in the interpretation and translation services, in particular at the United Nations Office at Nairobi, notes the efforts of the Secretary-General to fill the vacancies, and requests the Secretary-General to continue to report thereon to the General Assembly through the Committee on Conferences; 11. Notes the improvements in the utilization of the conference centre at the Economic Commission for Africa in response to section II.A, paragraph 1, of its resolution 58/250, and requests the Secretary-General to continue to explore all possible options to increase further the utilization of the conference centre; 12. Welcomes the efforts so far undertaken to increase utilization and to make more efficient use of the conference facilities at the Economic Commission for Africa, and urges the Secretary-General to sustain the marketing campaign efforts and to report on the outcome to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session; 13. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the conference centre at the Economic Commission for Africa establishes and develops linkages with other centres and bodies, introduces and utilizes an integrated conference management system and considers the implementation of other modern technology systems, as _______________ 8 A/58/530. 3

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