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Pattern of conferences
Secretary-General to strengthen his efforts to realize further savings by rigorously
applying the proximity rule to applicable meetings without jeopardizing the quality
of services and to report thereon to the Committee on Conferences at its substantive
session in 2014;
IV
Matters related to documentation and publications
54. Emphasizes the paramount importance of the equality of the six official
languages of the United Nations;
55. 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, 52/214, 53/208 A to E and 59/265, and requests the SecretaryGeneral to ensure the support necessary to that effect and to report to the General
Assembly thereon at its sixty-ninth session;
56. Recalls section III, paragraph 5, of its resolution 55/222, and reiterates
with concern its request that the Secretary-General ensure strict respect for the rules
concerning the simultaneous distribution 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;
57. Stresses that matters related to conference management, including
documentation, fall within the purview of the Fifth Committee;
58. Reiterates the importance of the timely issuance of documents for the
Fifth Committee;
59. Acknowledges that a multipronged approach is required to find a solution
to the perennial difficulties related to the late issuance of documents for the Fifth
Committee;
60. Notes with concern the perennial difficulties related to the late issuance
of documents for the Fifth Committee, and urges the Secretary-General to ensure the
timely presentation of these official documents to the Committee and to find a
lasting and sustainable solution to the problem so as to guarantee the quality of the
intergovernmental process;
61. Takes note of the work done by the interdepartmental task force on
documentation chaired by the Department for General Assembly and Conference
Management in positively addressing the problem of issuance of documents for the
Fifth Committee;
62. Encourages the Chairs of the Fifth Committee and the Advisory
Committee to continue to promote cooperation between the two bodies in the sphere
of documentation;
63. Welcomes the continued efforts of the task force to shepherd the
submission of documents by the author departments of the Secretariat;
64. 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;
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