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59. Notes with concern the recurring late issuance of documents for the Fifth
Committee, recalls paragraph 29 of its resolution 70/247 of 23 December 2015, and
requests the Secretary-General to continue to take actions for its effective
implementation, taking into account the responsibilities of all stakeholders involved,
and to report thereon in the context of his next report on the pattern of conferences;
60. Welcomes the efforts made by the Secretariat, in particular the Department
for General Assembly and Conference Management, regarding the timely issuance of
pre-session documentation for the Fifth Committee in the six official languages of the
United Nations, and encourages continued efforts by all stakeholders in this regard;
61. Encourages the Chairs of the Fifth Committee and the Advisory
Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions to continue to promote
cooperation between the two bodies in the sphere of documentati on;
62. Notes that accurate, timely and consistent information provided by the
Secretariat to the Fifth Committee during its informal consultations facilitates the
decision-making process in the Committee;
63. Reaffirms its decision, in section IV of its resolution 64/230, that all
reports adopted by the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review of the
Human Rights Council shall be issued as documents in all official languages of the
United Nations in a timely manner before their consideration by the Council, in
accordance with General Assembly resolutions 36/117 A of 10 December 1981,
51/211 A to E of 18 December 1996, 52/214 of 22 December 1997, 53/208 A to E of
18 December 1998 and 59/265, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure the
support necessary to that effect and to report thereon to the Assembly at its seventy fifth session;
64. Reiterates paragraph 8 of the annex to its resolution 2 (I) of 1 February
1946 on the rules of procedure concerning languages, whereby all resolutions and
other important documents shall be made available in all six official languages and,
upon the request of any representative, any other document shall be made available
in any or all of the official languages;
65. Also reiterates the importance of the simultaneous issuance of documents
in all official languages and welcomes the 100 per cent compliance in 2018 with the
issuance of documents by all duty stations, and reiterates its request that the
Secretary-General ensure strict respect for the rules concerning the simultaneous
issuance of documents in all six official languages as regards both the distribution of
printed copies and the posting of parliamentary documentation on the Official
Document System and the United Nations website;
66. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action on providing the
timely and simultaneous issuance of documents in all six official languages;
67. Notes that workload-sharing has expanded to include text-processing in
addition to translation and editing, and requests the Secretary-General to continue to
seek ways to promote workload-sharing among the four main duty stations and to
report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session;
68. Emphasizes that the major goals of the Department for General Assembly
and Conference Management are to provide high-quality documents in a timely
manner in all official languages, in accordance with established regulations, as well
as high-quality conference services to Member States at all headquarters duty
stations, and to achieve those aims as efficiently and cost -effectively as possible, in
accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly;
69. Also emphasizes the importance of enhancing accountability within the
Secretariat for the timely submission and issuance of documents;
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