A/RES/52/214 Page 3 16. Reiterates its request to the Committee on Conferences, in consultation with the organs concerned, to examine the cases where the utilization factor has been lower than 80 per cent for at least three sessions, with a view to making appropriate recommendations in order to achieve the optimum utilization of conference-servicing resources; 17. Reaffirms its decision that the headquarters rule shall be adhered to by all bodies; 18. Decides that waivers to the headquarters rule shall be granted solely on the basis of the calendar of conferences and meetings of the United Nations which the Committee on Conferences recommended for adoption by the General Assembly; 19. Invites all its subsidiary bodies that are authorized to meet away from their established headquarters to keep under review the exception to the headquarters rule in the light of the current situation of their work and to report any changes to the General Assembly through the Committee on Conferences; B Recalling its resolutions 47/202 B of 22 December 1992, 48/222 B of 23 December 1993, 49/221 B of 23 December 1994, 50/206 B and C of 23 December 1995 and 51/211 B of 18 December 1996, Regretting the delayed issuance of the report of the Secretary-General on the report of the Joint Inspection Unit on United Nations publications,3 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the control and limitation of documentation;4 2. Also takes note of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit on United Nations publications,5 the positive opinion of the Committee on Conferences thereon and the report of the Secretary-General thereon,3 and decides to consider both reports at its resumed fifty-second session; 3. Expresses deep concern about the decline in the quality of some reports and documents originating in the Secretariat; 4. Notes the decision of the Secretary-General that documents originating in the Secretariat should be no longer than sixteen pages; 5. Emphasizes that this reduction should not adversely affect either the quality of presentation or the content of the documents; 6. Stresses once again the need for strict compliance with the existing page limit for reports of subsidiary bodies; 7. Invites all intergovernmental bodies to consider, where appropriate, the possibility of reducing the length of their reports from the desired limit of thirty-two pages to twenty pages over a period of time without adversely affecting either the quality of presentation or the content of the reports; 3 A/52/685, annex. 4 A/52/291. 5 See A/51/946. /...