Multilingualism A/RES/71/328 7. Notes with concern that the English version of the Procurement Manual is from July 2013 while the French and Spanish versions are from March 2010, and encourages the Secretariat to continue its efforts to ensure that the Procurement Manual is up to date; 8. Welcomes the appointment by the Secretary-General of the Coordinator for Multilingualism, who is responsible for the overall implementation of multilingualism Secretariat-wide, calls upon all departments and offices within the Secretariat to fully support the work of the Coordinator in the implementation of the relevant mandates on multilingualism, and requests the Secretary-General to report thereon in his next report on multilingualism; 9. Endorses the terms of reference for the Coordinator for Multilingualism, as proposed in the report of the Secretary-General on multilingualism; 7 10. Recalls that the Secretary-General retains the authority to appoint a senior Secretariat official as the future Coordinator for Multilingualism, as first requested by the General Assembly in its resolution 54/64 of 6 December 1999; 11. Calls upon the Secretary-General to continue to develop the network of focal points that supports the Coordinator for Multilingualism in effectively and consistently implementing relevant resolutions throughout all relevant departments and offices of the Secretariat, and invites the Secretary-General, through his role in the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination, if necessary by means of the development of a consistent policy framework, to support a comprehensive and coordinated approach on multilingualism within the United Nations system, taking into consideration the relevant recommendations contained in the report of the Joint Inspection Unit on multilingualism; 8 12. Notes the difficulties reported by departments and offices in compiling input for the report of the Secretary-General owing to the lack of disaggregated data by language, and encourages the Secretary-General to support the efforts of the Coordinator for Multilingualism to develop a template, where applicable, for collecting disaggregated data by language; 13. Welcomes the implementation, within the United Nations, of a day dedicated to each of the official languages in order to inform and raise awareness of their history, culture and use, encourages the Secretary-General to further strengthen this approach in a cost-neutral manner, if needed through the participation of partner organizations, including Member States and institutions such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and also encourages the SecretaryGeneral to consider extending this important initiative to other non-official languages spoken throughout the world; 14. Also welcomes the efforts made by international organizations based on a shared language to increase their cooperation with the United Nations regarding multilingualism; 15. Further welcomes the activities of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Member States, entities of the United Nations system, other international organizations and all other participating bodies aimed at _______________ 7 8 Ibid., annex II. A/67/78. 3/10