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dedicated focus, such as the interdepartmental task force on documentation, and to
report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session;
16. Urges author departments to fully adhere to deadlines in meeting the goal
of 90 per cent submission compliance, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure
that documents submitted late do not adversely affect the issuance of documents
submitted on time and in compliance with set guidelines;
17. Reiterates its request in section IV, paragraph 18, of its resolution 66/233
that the Secretary-General provide information on the waiver process for documents
that are submitted over the word limit;
18. Welcomes the interactions between the Department for General Assembly
and Conference Management and the author departments on waiver management,
and requests the Secretary-General to ensure continuous efforts in this regard and to
report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session;
19. Emphasizes the role of Member States and their intergovernmental
bodies in determining the policies of conference management;
20. Stresses that proposals to change such policies are to be approved by
Member States in their relevant intergovernmental bodies;
21. Recalls paragraphs 23 and 24 of the annex to its resolution 55/285 of
7 September 2001 and section IV, paragraph 23, of its resolution 66/233, and
requests the Secretary-General to elaborate the scope of the paper-smart concept so
that it becomes a more comprehensive concept based on the use of modern
technology in order to better serve Member States, bearing in mind the principle of
language parity among the six official languages of the United Nations, and to
report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session, including detailed
information on:
(a) Technological benchmarks, including but not limited to data security and
services provided to Member States;
(b) Implications for financial and human resources and budgetary and
procurement procedures;
(c)
Implementation time frames at the four main duty stations;
(d) Integration of the related information and communications technology
projects with Umoja;
(e)
Business continuity plans;
(f)
Possible training needs;
(g)
Availability of the paper-smart portal;
(h)
Accessibility for persons with disabilities;
22. Notes that the Official Document System is the official digital repository
of the United Nations;
23. Requests the Secretary-General to complete the task of uploading all
important older United Nations documents onto the United Nations website in all
six official languages on a priority basis so that these archives will also be available
to Member States through that medium;
24. Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at
its sixty-eighth session on a detailed time frame for the digitization of all important
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