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Pattern of conferences
B.
Impact of the capital master plan, strategy IV (phased approach),
on meetings held at Headquarters during its implementation
38. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the implementation of the
capital master plan, including the reassignment of conference-servicing staff to
swing spaces, will not compromise the quality of conference services provided to
Member States in the six official languages and the equal treatment of the language
services, which should be provided with equally favourable working conditions and
resources, with a view to receiving the maximum quality of services;
39. Requests all meeting requesters and organizers to liaise closely with the
Department on all matters relating to the scheduling of meetings to allow maximum
predictability in coordinating activities at Headquarters during the construction
period;
40. Requests the Committee on Conferences to keep the matter under
constant review, and requests the Secretary-General to report regularly to the
Committee on matters pertaining to the calendar of conferences and meetings of the
United Nations during the construction period;
41. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide adequate
information technology support for conference services, within the existing
resources of the Department, in order to ensure their seamless operation throughout
the implementation of the capital master plan;
42. Emphasizes the need to continue to improve all conference facilities,
including the videoconferencing infrastructure, in all four main duty stations and in
the regional commissions, and in this regard requests the Secretary-General to
report thereon no later than at the seventieth session of the General Assembly;
43. Notes that, for the duration of the implementation of the capital master
plan, a part of the conference-servicing staff and information technology resources
of the Department has been temporarily relocated to swing spaces, and requests the
Secretary-General to continue to provide adequate support, within the existing
resources of the Department, to ensure continued maintenance of the information
technology facilities of the Department, implementation of the global information
technology initiative and delivery of high-quality conference services;
44. Requests the Secretary-General to consult Member States on initiatives
that affect the utilization of conference services and conference facilities;
45. Welcomes the measures taken to ensure access to and use of conference
services and conference facilities for persons with disabilities, including the
establishment of the Accessibility Centre, and encourages the Secretary-General to
continue further efforts in this regard and to report thereon to the General Assembly
at its seventieth session;
46. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to address issues related to
the accessibility of conference facilities as a matter of priority and to report thereon
to the General Assembly at its seventieth session;
III
Integrated global management
47. Notes with appreciation the efforts of the Secretary-General in the
context of the integrated global management initiative to establish and implement in
the four main duty stations common performance indicators and single information
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