Pattern of conferences A/RES/71/262 29. Recognizes the improvement in the rate of utilization of the conference centre of the Economic Commission for Africa, and in this regard requests the Secretary-General to continue to explore, including with partners such as the African Union, additional means to increase the utilization of the conference centre and to report thereon, including on the impact of the initiatives of the Commission, to the General Assembly; 30. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to encourage the heads of entities of the United Nations system to use as a matter of priority, when applicable, the conference centre of the Economic Commission for Africa to ensure greater utilization of the conference facilities; 31. Recognizes the proactive efforts of the Secretary-General to identify ways to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in conference services; 32. Requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts aimed at improving conference servicing at the four main duty stations, including through addressing or eliminating possible duplication, overlap and redundancy, and identifying innovative ideas, potential synergies and other cost -saving measures, without compromising quality or affecting the provision of services, and to report annually on the progress made in this regard; 33. Re-emphasizes the need to continue to improve all conference facilities, including the videoconferencing infrastructure, at all four main duty stations and at the regional commissions, and in this regard requests the Secretary -General to report thereon no later than at the seventy-second session of the General Assembly; 34. 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 seventy-second session; 35. 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 seventy-second session; 36. Welcomes the integrated global management rule as an efficient approach, where feasible, to servicing meetings away from duty stations, in this regard requests the Secretary-General to strengthen his efforts to realize further savings by rigorously applying the integrated global management rule to applicable meetings, without jeopardizing the quality of services, and to report thereon to the Committee on Conferences at its substantive session in 2017, and also requests the Secretary-General to continue to report on the financial savings achieved through the implementation of the integrated global management projects; III Leveraging technology and measuring the quality of conference services 37. Notes with appreciation the efforts of the Secretary-General in the context of the integrated global management initiative to establish and implement at the four main duty stations common performance indicators and single information technology systems (such as gData, gDoc, gMeets and gText), and requests the Secretary-General to report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-second session; 5/14