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24. Requests the Secretary-General to 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;
25. Decides that all documents submitted to legislative bodies for consideration and action should
have conclusions and recommendations in bold print;
26. Expresses deep concern about the technical and audio quality of some conference rooms, and,
in this regard, requests the Secretary-General to present proposals at the first part of the resumed fiftysecond session of the General Assembly in order to ensure all necessary resources for the upgrading of
those conference rooms, including the interpretation booths;
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Recalling its resolutions 50/206 D of 23 December 1995, 51/211 C of 18 December 1996 and
51/211 F of 15 September 1997,
Stressing the importance of equal access to, and benefit from, the optical disk system and other new
technologies in all six official languages for all Member States and the need to overcome the difficulties
faced by some Member States, in particular developing countries, in acquiring the technology to access
the optical disk system, as well as other available technologies,
Appreciating the actions taken by the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Informatics of the
Economic and Social Council to achieve universal connectivity between the United Nations databases and
those of Member States, including through their permanent missions, and the training programmes initiated
to that end,
Also appreciating the efforts of the Secretary-General to incorporate new information technologies
in the work of the Organization,
1. Recognizes the efforts to provide wider access to the optical disk system, while continuing to
ensure the availability of hard copies of documents for Member States, in particular for developing
countries;
2. Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to ensure that the texts of all new public
documents, in all six official languages, and information materials of the United Nations are made
available through the United Nations Web site daily and are accessible to Member States without delay;
3. Requests the Secretary-General to issue public information material in all official languages on
the United Nations Web site as soon as possible, and to report on the implementation of this decision to
the General Assembly at its fifty-third session through the Committee on Information;
4. Also requests the Secretary-General to complete the task of uploading all important older United
Nations documents on the United Nations Web site in all six official languages on a priority basis, so that
these archives are also available to Member States through that medium;
5. Further requests the Secretary-General to continue work on providing access to the optical disk
system in the six official languages on an equal basis;
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