Multilingualism
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United Nations among representatives of Member States in intergovernmental
organs and among members of United Nations expert bodies;
40. Reiterates with concern its request that the Secretary-General ensure that
the rules concerning the simultaneous distribution of documents in all six official
languages are strictly respected as regards both the distribution of printed copies and
the posting of parliamentary documentation on the Official Document System and
the United Nations website, in accordance with section III, paragraph 5, of its
resolution 55/222 of 23 December 2000;
41. Reiterates the need to fully implement and observe rule 55 of the rules of
procedure of the General Assembly, which provides that, during the sessions of the
Assembly, the Journal of the United Nations shall be published in the languages of
the Assembly, from within existing resources;
42. Underlines that all the initiatives on the evolution of the working
methods, including those introduced on a trial basis, shall comply with the principle
of parity among the official languages of the Organization, with a view to
preserving or enhancing the quality and scope of the services provided by the
Secretariat;
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Human resources management and staff training
43. Recalls its resolution 67/255 of 12 April 2013, in particular paragraph 35
thereof, in which it reaffirmed the need to respect the equality of the two working
languages of the Secretariat, reaffirmed the use of additional working languages in
specific duty stations as mandated, and in that regard requested the SecretaryGeneral to ensure that vacancy announcements specified the need for either of the
working languages of the Secretariat, unless the functions of the post required a
specific working language;
44. Notes with satisfaction the willingness of the Secretariat to encourage
staff members, in meetings with interpretation services, to use any of the six official
languages of which they have a command;
45. Encourages United Nations staff members to continue to actively use
existing training facilities to acquire and enhance their proficiency in one or more of
the official languages of the United Nations;
46. Requests the Secretary-General to continue the efforts to ensure that
training opportunities in the six official languages are equally available to all staff;
47. Recalls section II, paragraph 17, of its resolution 61/244 of 22 December
2006, in which it acknowledged that the interaction of the United Nations with the
local population in the field was essential and that language skills constituted an
important element of the selection and training processes and therefore affirmed that
a good command of the official language(s) spoken in the country of residence
should be taken into account as an additional asset during those processes;
48. Also recalls its resolution 68/265 of 9 April 2014 on the mobility
framework, and invites the Secretary-General to take into account applicable
language skills while ensuring full compliance with Article 101 of the Charter of the
United Nations;
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