A/RES/53/208 Page 10 93rd plenary meeting 18 December 1998 D The General Assembly, Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General12 and the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions5 on the cost-accounting system for conference services, Stressing the need to provide Member States and United Nations bodies with more comprehensive and accurate information on the costs of meetings and documentation, 1. Emphasizes the need for the Secretariat to take into consideration the experience of all duty stations when improvements were made in existing information systems; 2. Endorses the view expressed by the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions in paragraph 10 of its report5 that the report of the Secretary-General does not provide sufficient information at this stage to allow the General Assembly to endorse the full-fledged development of a cost-accounting system; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at the earliest opportunity, taking into account the observations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions contained in paragraph 10 of its report. 93rd plenary meeting 18 December 1998 E The General Assembly, Recalling its decision 38/401 of 23 September 1983 and section E of its resolution 52/214 of 22 December 1997 concerning the prohibition of smoking in small conference rooms and the discouragement of smoking in large conference rooms, 1. Calls upon representatives of Member States to abide by its decision 38/401 and section E of its resolution 52/214; 2. Encourages all users of United Nations conference facilities, in order to avoid involuntary exposure to passive smoking, to refrain from smoking, in particular in conference rooms. 93rd plenary meeting 18 December 1998 12 A/52/1000.