Pattern of conferences : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Approves the draft revised calendar of conferences and meetings of the UN for 2005, as submitted by the Committee on Conferences, taking into account the observations of the Committee, and subject to the provisions of the present resolution; authorizes the Committee on Conferences to make any adjustments to the calendar of conferences and meetings for 2005 that may become necessary as a result of actions and decisions taken by the General Assembly at its 59th session; requests the Secretary-General to conduct systematic follow-up regarding the utilization of conference services by those bodies that consistently underutilize their conference-servicing resources over a longer period of time in order to identify the underlying causes for their being unable to reach the benchmark; reiterates its request that the Secretary-General develop further effective measures to strengthen the responsibility and accountability system within the Secretariat in order to ensure the timely submission of documents for processing; requests the Secretary-General to pursue the delivery of summary records in a more efficient and cost-effective manner in full consultation with all the relevant intergovernmental bodies; requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the rules concerning the simultaneous distribution of documents in all official languages are followed with respect to both the distribution of printed copies and the posting of parliamentary documentation on the Official Document System of the UN and the UN web site; decides that the issuance of documents on planning, budgetary and administrative matters requiring urgent consideration by the General Assembly shall be accorded priority

Adopted without vote, 76th plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 59th sess., Suppl. no. 49.