Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly
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30. Welcomes the increasing number of women candidates nominated for the
subsidiary organs of the General Assembly in seeking to promote gender balance, and
encourages Member States to continue to do so;
31. Reiterates the need to produce the Journal of the United Nations in all six
official languages in strict compliance with rule 55 of the rules of procedure of the
General Assembly, and in that regard emphasizes the importance of the extension of
the information in the Journal published in the six official languages, reiterates its
request to the Secretary-General to brief the Ad Hoc Working Group, on a yearly
basis, on the progress achieved in this regard, and requests the Secretariat to continue
to explore cost-neutral options to that effect;
32. Requests the Secretariat to continue to improve, harmonize and unify
e-services provided to Member States under e-deleGATE with a view to creating a fullfledged delegates’ online workplace in order to save costs, reduce the environmental
impact and improve the distribution of documents;
33. Decides that all meetings of the General Assembly and its subsidiary
organs should make provisions for accessible seating for representatives with
disabilities through the following process:
(a) Upon a request by a delegation for accessible seating, the seating order in
a given meeting room is changed in such a way as to allow the requesting delegation
to move to the closest accessible seat from the one it occupies in accordance with the
order established for each session of the Assembly, and the seating order for the rest
of the delegations is moved by one seat;
(b) Should there be more than one request for accessible seating, the
delegations requesting such seats will move to the accessible seats which are closest
to their respective seats, which they occupy in accordance with the order established
for each session of the Assembly, and the seating order for the rest of the delegations
is moved by the corresponding number of seats, omitting the ones newly occupied by
the requesting delegations;
34. Requests, in this regard, the Secretariat to inform the Member States as
soon as possible of any changes to the seating plans of the conference rooms;
35. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a comprehensive report during
the seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly on the ways to improve the
accessibility of the United Nations Headquarters premises for persons with
disabilities;
36. Invites other principal organs of the United Nations and their subsidiary
organs to make similar accommodations, as provided in paragraphs 33 and 34 above,
for their meetings;
37. Requests the Secretariat to bring this decision to the attention of any State,
organization or entity that seeks to organize a meeting to be held at the United
Nations, and encourages such State, organization or entity to make arrangements for
accessible seating in the manner mentioned in paragraphs 33 and 34;
38. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Opening of the
regular sessions of the General Assembly”, submitted pursuant to resolution 72/313;4
Selection and appointment of the Secretary-General and other executive heads
39. Reaffirms the important role played by the Secretary-General in the
context of the current global challenges and in the implementation of the three pillars
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