A. Conference management, New York

Department for General Assembly and Conference Management

41.1 As part of the first phase of the restructuring of the Secretariat, the former Department of Conference Services was integrated into the Department of Administration and Management as the Office of Conference Services.

A, B, C and D. Conference management, New York, Geneva, Vienna and Nairobi

The first, on conference services, had been prepared by the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management.

It is revolutionary in that the Department has undergone a transformation from conference services to conference management and is gradually moving towards integrated global management.

b The budget of the Conference Management Service and the Security and Safety Section is reported in section 2.

The mounting of the exhibition structure should be done in consultation with the management of the IKBB.

Annual UN Department of Public Information NGO Conferences, New York.

They should be sent to the Chief, Conference Management Service, room D0708.

It was followed by the adoption of similar resolutions and decisions by the conferences or governing bodies of specialized agencies.

2. Decides to establish five P 5 posts for Senior Revisers for conference management, Geneva

They should be sent to the Chief, Conference Management Service, room D0708.

They should be sent to the Chief, Conference Management Service, room D0708.

They should be sent to the Chief, Conference Management Service, room D0708.

The editing functions for General Assembly documentation were transferred to the Office of Conference Services of the Department of Administration and Management.

The selection of senior conference managers has proceeded smoothly through active consultations at the highest levels of management in the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management and at the other three duty stations.

It also coordinates its work with other servicing departments and offices, especially the Office of Conference Services, in scheduling of meetings and preparing and managing the calendar of conferences in the economic and social fields.

The management of conference servicing resources had also been improved by the capacity to produce up to date statistical and management reports.

81. Requests the Secretary General to ensure that conference services are managed in an integrated manner throughout all duty stations in the Organization

OIOS consultancy services to the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management led to the identification of ways to achieve better integration of global management of conference services.

The reporting on most items on the agenda will be included in two comprehensive reports one on the reform of the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management and the other on utilization of conference services and other matters regularly reported on under the agenda item entitled Pattern of conferences .

The Committee welcomes the efforts of the administration of the Base to use videoconferencing extensively.

Conferences

It was pointed out that ECA conference facilities did not fall under the responsibility of the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management.

As most of the work of the Department results from and feeds into the meetings of intergovernmental bodies, meetings management can make or break the whole concept of conference management.

The WMS is also affiliated with the Department of Public Information (DPI) and attended the weekly briefings sponsored by the DPI and attended the annual conference for NGO's held in September each year.

Recognizing that the process of integrating the conference management systems was ongoing, delegations stressed that the needs of each duty station should be taken into consideration.

These services relate to sound engineers for servicing conferences and meetings, and for radio and television technicians for news coverage of Department of Public Information events.

Office of the Under Secretary General

International conferences (1) Seminar on trademarks law practice the basic concepts, by the World Intellectual Property Organization at Geneva, Switzerland 1993

The provisional list of speakers (No. 4) has also been sent by fax to the Permanent Missions (Office of the Permanent Representative).

All queries may be made from 3 p.m. onwards at ext.

Committee on Conferences

(c) Conference costs

4. Pattern of conferences . 56 59 20

Global conferences

Conference costs

128 Pattern of conferences

5. Special conferences 356

CONFERENCE SERVICES 468

Conference services

5. Special conferences

CONFERENCE SERVICES

Conference costs 480.0 300.0 199.0 101.0