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Pattern of conferences
119. Welcomes the efforts made by the Secretary-General to raise awareness
among all Member States and the general public of career opportuniti es in
conference services, including through the increased use of social media;
120. Notes the update provided by the Secretary-General on the pilot project
related to the outposting to Vienna of translators from the French Translation
Service in New York, and requests the Secretary-General to provide to the General
Assembly at its seventy-second session further updates on this matter, including on
the quality of services, a cost-benefit analysis, information on workload-sharing and
lessons learned;
121. Notes with appreciation the positive experience with language
traineeships in training young professionals and in attracting them to the United
Nations, while enhancing the pool of qualified language professionals in language
combinations that are critical for succession-planning purposes, and encourages the
Secretary-General to continue his efforts in this regard;
122. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to improve and strengthen his
initiatives related to training and replenishing the langua ge capacity of the
Organization, including through the outreach programmes, in order to ensure
sufficient capacity to address the interpretation and translation requirements of the
Organization;
123. Also requests the Secretary-General to continue to liaise with permanent
missions to identify outreach opportunities with universities, educational institutions
and language learning centres located worldwide in order to ensure the continued
availability of high-quality professional language services in the six official
languages of the United Nations;
124. Further requests the Secretary-General to continue to improve and
expand the list of universities having memorandums of understanding with the
United Nations, ensuring the inclusion of universities, educa tional institutions and
language learning centres located in all geographical regions, whenever possible;
125. Requests the Secretary-General to refrain from making any change of a
substantive nature to agreed texts of both draft and adopted resolutions and to report
thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-second session;
126. Recalls section IV of its resolution 69/274 A, and requests the SecretaryGeneral to keep the working conditions of interpreters under review.
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23 December 2016
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