Multilingualism A/RES/73/346 Secretary-General to take the appropriate measures to implement, within existing resources, current multilingualism policies, in compliance with relevant rules and regulations; 6. Requests the Secretariat to continue to provide notes for the Presidents of the main organs and the Chairs of their subsidiary bodies in the United Nations official language spoken by the presiding officer of the meeting; 7. Notes that a high proportion of calls for bids are published in English, and therefore encourages the Secretariat, where appropriate, to make use of existing multilingualism policies to facilitate the participation of local vendors in the United Nations procurement bidding process; 8. Also notes that the Procurement Manual, published in three official languages, is in the process of being updated, and encourages the Secretariat to ensure that the updates are reflected in all its language versions in an appropriate time frame; 9. 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; 10. Recalls with appreciation 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; 11. Recalls its endorsement of the terms of reference for the Coordinator for Multilingualism, as proposed in report A/71/757 of the Secretary-General on multilingualism; 12. Welcomes the designation of the Coordinator for Multilingualism as lead entity on multilingualism at the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination level, as well as the joint efforts of the Coordinator and the secretariat of the Chief Executives Board towards a more coordinated approach to multilingualism across member organizations of the Board, with a view to sharing information on innovative solutions to common challenges; 13. Also welcomes the ongoing development of the network of focal points that supports the Coordinator for Multilingualism in effectively and consistently implementing relevant resolutions throughout all Secretariat entities and the United Nations system; 14. Further welcomes the ongoing development of a Secretariat-wide coherent policy framework on multilingualism to support a comprehensive and coordinated approach on multilingualism within the United Nations, taking into consideration the relevant recommendations contained in the report of the Joint Inspection Unit on multilingualism, 7 and requests the Secretary-General to report on progress made at the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly; 15. Notes the difficulties reported by Secretariat entities in compiling accurate and comprehensive data for the report of the Secretary-General, owing, inter alia, to the lack of disaggregated data by language, and welcomes efforts by the Coordinator for Multilingualism to address the problem among Secretariat entities; 16. Welcomes the efforts of the Coordinator for Multilingualism to encourage all Secretariat entities to promote the celebrations of a day dedicated to each of the __________________ 7 19-15935 A/67/78. 3/12