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17. Welcomes the fact that, despite various constraints, steps have been taken
to increase the utilization of conference centres at the Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific and the Economic Commission for Africa, and
notes the plans for the future in this regard;
18. Notes with concern the lack of sufficient operational guidance in the
management of the conference centres at the Economic and Social Commission for
Asia and the Pacific and the Economic Commission for Africa;
19. Notes with deep concern the inadequate staff structure and the
insufficient financial resources allocated for the marketing of the conference centre
of the Economic Commission for Africa;
20. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to explore all possible options
to increase further the utilization of the conference centres at the Economic and
Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and the Economic Commission for
Africa, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session,
through the Committee on Conferences;
III
Documentation- and publication-related matters
1.
Notes with deep concern the low rate of compliance with the six-week
rule for the issuance of documentation, and encourages the Secretary-General, in
view of the impact of late submissions on the timely issuance of documents, to
intensify recent efforts with respect to planning meetings and forecasting
documentation;
2.
Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to ensure that
documentation is available in accordance with the six-week rule for the distribution
of documents simultaneously in the six official languages of the General Assembly;
3.
Requests the Secretary-General to strengthen accountability and
responsibility measures, where applicable, as requested in section C, paragraph 11,
of its resolution 54/248, to correct the alarming situation concerning the submission
of documentation consistent with the six-week rule, and requests him to submit a
report thereon to the Assembly at its fifty-sixth session;
4.
Invites intergovernmental bodies, during their organizational sessions or
other appropriate periods before the commencement of their substantive work, to
review with author departments the question of the availability of documentation for
the proper functioning of those bodies, and to report thereon to the General
Assembly at its fifty-sixth session through the Committee on Conferences;
5.
Decides that there should not be any exemption to the rule that
documents must be distributed in all official languages, and emphasizes the
principle that all documents must be distributed simultaneously in all official
languages before they are made available on United Nations web sites;
6.
Reiterates its request that the Secretary-General direct all departments to
include, where appropriate, the following elements in reports originating in the
Secretariat:
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(a)
A summary of the report;
(b)
Consolidated conclusions, recommendations and other proposed actions;
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