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32. Reiterates the need to continue to improve all conference facilities,
including the videoconferencing infrastructure, at all four main duty stations, and in
this regard requests the Secretary-General to report thereon no later than at the
seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly;
33. Welcomes the measures taken to ensure access to and use of conference
services and conference facilities for persons with disabilities, including the
establishment of the Accessibility Centre, and requests the Secretary-General to
continue to address issues related to the accessibility of conference facilities in all
four main conference-servicing duty stations as a matter of priority and to report
thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session;
34. Also welcomes the integrated global management rule as an efficient
approach, where feasible, to servicing meetings away from duty stations, and in this
regard requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to realize further
efficiencies by rigorously applying the integrated global management rule to
applicable meetings, without jeopardizing the quality of serv ices, and to continue to
report thereon to the Committee on Conferences;
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Enhancing integrated global management, leveraging technology
and measuring the quality of conference services
35. Recalls paragraph 24 of the report of the Secretary-General on the pattern
of conferences 6 also recalls that, in paragraph 81 of its resolution 56/253 of
24 December 2001, it requested the Secretary-General to ensure that conference
services were managed in an integrated manner throughout all duty stations in the
Organization, stresses again that the Department for General Assembly and
Conference Management is responsible for the implementation of policy, the
formulation of standards and guidelines, overseeing and coordinating United Nations
conference services and the overall management of resources under the relevant
budget section, while the United Nations Offices at Geneva, Vienna and Nairobi
remain responsible and accountable for day-to-day operational activities, as indicated
in section II.B, paragraph 7, of its resolution 57/283 B;
36. Notes the completion of the internal reviews concerning accountability
mechanisms and the clear delineation of responsibility between the Under-SecretaryGeneral for General Assembly and Conference Management and the Directors General of the United Nations Offices at Geneva, Nairobi and Vienna for conference
management policies, operations and resource utilization, requests the Secretary General to report on the outcome of the internal reviews to the General Assembly at
its seventy-fifth session, and in this regard recalls, inter alia, paragraph 36 of its
resolution 73/270;
37. Welcomes the innovative efforts of the Department for General Assembly
and Conference Management to improve conference services with a v iew to
facilitating the decision-making process by intergovernmental bodies, and requests
the Secretary-General to continue to explore technological and other innovations that
advance effectiveness and efficiency in this regard and to report on these effor ts
during the seventy-fifth session;
38. Notes the initiatives undertaken in the context of the integrated global
management concept aimed at streamlining procedures, achieving economies of scale
and improving the quality of conference services, and in this regard stresses the
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