A/RES/54/248
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DOCUMENTATION AND PUBLICATION-RELATED MATTERS
1. Reiterates its decision that, if a report is submitted late to the conference services, the reasons
therefor should be included in a footnote to the document;
2. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the texts of the resolutions adopted by the General
Assembly are communicated to Member States within fifteen days after the close of the session;
3. Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the Official Records of resolutions adopted
by the General Assembly include information on the adoption of the resolutions, such as voting records and
sponsors, before the text of each resolution, in the six official languages of the Organization;
4. Notes with deep concern the low rate of compliance with the six-week rule for the issuance of
documentation;
5. Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to ensure that documentation is available in
accordance with the six-week rule for the distribution of documents simultaneously in the six official
languages of the General Assembly;
6. Notes with deep concern that the provisions of paragraphs 24 and 25 of section B of its resolution
52/214 and paragraphs 11 and 12 of its resolution 53/208 B are not being fully implemented;
7. Reiterates its request that the Secretary-General direct all departments to include, where
appropriate, the following elements in reports originating in the Secretariat:
(a) A summary of the report;
(b) Consolidated conclusions, recommendations and other proposed actions;
(c) Relevant background information;
8. Reiterates that all documents submitted to legislative organs by the Secretariat and expert bodies
for consideration and action should have conclusions and recommendations in bold print;
9. Reiterates its request to the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions to
submit its reports in accordance with paragraph 12 of General Assembly resolution 53/208 B;
10. Recalls its decision in paragraph 2 (b) of section II of its resolution 41/213, and emphasizes that,
in future, proposed programme budgets should be considered by the General Assembly in fascicle form,
together with recommendations on them by the Committee for Programme and Coordination and the Advisory
Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, and that the programme budgets should be issued
in their final form after approval by the Assembly with the changes to the resource level annexed to the
approved programme budget;
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