Underlines the need for full implementation of the resolutions establishing language arrangements for the official languages of the UN and the working languages of the Secretariat; emphasizes the paramount importance of the equality of the 6 official languages of the UN; requests the Secretary-General to continue to ensure, through the provision of documentation services and meeting and publishing services under conference management, including high-quality translation and interpretation, effective multilingual communication among representatives of Member States in intergovernmental organs and members of expert bodies of the UN equally in all the official languages of the UN; requests the Secretary-General to ensure that vacancy announcements specify the need for either of the working languages of the Secretariat, unless the functions of the post require a specific working language; reaffirms the need to achieve full parity among the 6 official languages on the UN website; calls upon Member States and the Secretariat to promote the preservation and protection of all languages used by peoples of the world; requests the Secretary-General to report to it at its 61st session on the measures that can be taken by international organizations within the UN system in order to strengthen the protection, promotion and preservation of all languages and to submit a comprehensive report on the implementation of its resolutions on multilingualism; decides to include in the provisional agenda of its 61st session the item entitled "Multilingualism".

Adopted without vote, 104th plenary meeting

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