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A/HRC/23/CRP.2 Distr.: Restricted 14 June 2013 English only Human Rights Council Twenty-third session Agenda item 1 Organizational and procedural matters Human Rights Council Task Force on Secretariat Services, Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities and Use of Information Technology Status of implementation of recommendations as of 10/06/2013 List of abbreviations OHCHR Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights OHCHR-HRCB Human Rights Council Branch UNOG United Nations Office at Geneva UNOG-DCM Department of Conference Management UNOG-DOA Division of Administration UNOG-DOA-CSS: Central Support Services UNOG-SSS: Security and Safety Service DGACM: Department of General Assembly and Conference Management ACABQ: Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions CRPD: Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities HRC: Human Rights Council Introduction On 22 March 2012, the Human Rights Council adopted decision 19/119 entitled “Task Force on secretariat services, accessibility for persons with disabilities and use of information technology”, in which it endorsed the report of the Task Force, including its recommendations. On 31 May 2013, the Task Force held a meeting to review the status of implementation of recommendations related to accessibility for persons with disabilities. Representatives of UNOG, OHCHR, member States and civil society discussed progress made and remaining challenges. The minutes of this meeting will be available on the HRC Extranet (/sites/hrc/HRCReview/OutcomeAndFollowup/Pages/TaskForce.aspx). The below table aims at informing the Council about progress made on the implementation of each recommendation made by the Task Force, since the last progress report to the Council, A/HRC/21/CRP.1.  I. Secretariat Services Responsible Party Recommendation Partners Involved Comments IMPLEMENTED OHCHR 10. When preparing annual calendars in the future, measures aiming at avoiding back-to-back sessi