Special subjects relating to the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2018–2019 A/RES/72/262 XI Progress on the implementation of a flexible workplace at United Nations Headquarters Recalling section V of its resolution 67/246, section III of its resolution 67/254 A of 12 April 2013, section IV of its resolution 68/247 B, section VII of its resolution 69/274 A and section XVI of its resolution 71/272 A, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General 19 and the related report of the Advisory Committee, 20 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General; 19 2. Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee, 20 subject to the provisions of the present resolution; 3. Reaffirms that flexible workplace strategies in the United Nations should be aimed at improving the overall productivity and efficiency of the Organization, as well as the staff workplace environment; 4. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure full compliance with its decisions and full cooperation with the implementation plan for the p roject, while meeting the needs of staff and ensuring their well-being and productivity; 5. Recalls paragraph 5 of section XVI of its resolution 71/272 A, and reiterates its request that the Office of Human Resources Management of the Secretariat assess in detail the impact of the flexible workplace on productivity and provide reliable qualitative and quantitative benefit indicators as well as other factors for the improvement of overall productivity and staff well-being, and report thereon in the context of the next progress report; 6. Requests the Secretary-General to continue with the implementation of flexible workplace strategies in New York in 2018, with a maximum number of 140 staff per floor, and to report thereon at the main part of the seventy-third session of the General Assembly; 7. Recalls paragraph 4 of the report of the Advisory Committee, and reiterates its requests that the Secretary-General carefully analyse and apply the lessons learned from the outcome of the pilot programme and report thereon in the next progress report; 8. Notes the decrease in the current revised project costs, requests the Secretary-General to revisit his cost estimates for the implementation of the project and to review the methodology and underlying assumptions so as to arrive at a reliable cost estimate for the project and to provide updated information in this regard in his next report; 9. Recalls paragraph 9 of the report of the Advisory Committee, and reques ts the Secretary-General to include relevant data in his next report; 10. Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to seek complementarities between flexible workplace strategies and flexible working arrangements, and in this regard requests him, under the guidance of the interdisciplinary working group, to provide information on arrangements for staff to work in remote locations, including from home, with an emphasis on addressing the requirements of staff with special needs, including those with disabilities, the elderly, expecting parents and parents with newborn or young children; __________________ 19 20 17-23363 A/72/379. A/72/7/Add.29. 7/27