Financing of the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy

A/RES/59/299View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 123 Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations, published in 2005.

What other versions does this mandate have?

27 versions · 1998–2026

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/274

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/RES/80/274	Financing of the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy	641	71%Compare
2025	A/RES/79/300	Financing of the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy	586	92%Compare
2024	A/RES/78/295	Financing of the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy	587	93%Compare
2023	A/RES/77/305	Financing of the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy	586	93%Compare
2022	A/RES/76/277	Financing of the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy	586	89%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

17 subjects

Budget Performance Communication Technology Communications Contractual Services Costs Dissolution Equipment and Supplies Financial Implications Information Technology Inventories Logistics Peacekeeping Operations Purchasing Savings Staff Assessment Strategic Materials Support Services

What’s in this document?

19 operative paragraphs

Notes with appreciation the facilities provided by the Government of Italy to the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi;

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,⁵ and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation;

⁵A/59/736/Add.2.

Notes the proposal of the Secretary-General to expand the Logistics Base, and requests the Secretary-General to include in the budget submission for 2006/07 detailed information on the financial and legal implications, as well as on the expected benefits that may arise from the expansion;

Encourages the Secretary-General to ensure the active participation of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the Secretariat in the negotiations between the World Food Programme and the Government of Italy concerning the release of the San Vito Base;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure the full implementation of the relevant provisions of General Assembly resolution 59/296 of 22 June 2005;

Also requests the Secretary-General to undertake a further analysis of how the Logistics Base could best be utilized to provide efficient and economical communications and information technology services, as well as other services, for United Nations peacekeeping and Headquarters clients;

Reiterates the need to implement, as a matter of priority, an effective inventory management standard, especially in respect of peacekeeping operations involving high inventory value;

Strategic deployment stocks

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the strategic deployment stocks, including the functioning of the existing mechanisms and the award of contracts for procurement;2

Also takes note of the deficiencies in the contingent-owned equipment of rehatted troops, and requests the Secretary-General to review options for the effective rehatting of contingents and provide recommendations in this regard;

Approves the use of savings derived from the liquidation of prior-period obligations and the unspent balance of the strategic deployment stocks to cover losses in currency exchange and the replenishment of the stocks;

Also approves the inclusion of strategic deployment stocks replenishment within the commitment authority described in section IV, paragraph 1, of General Assembly resolution 49/233 A;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure the implementation of the existing policies and procedures relating to stock control and inventory and replenishment, regarding strategic deployment;

Financial performance report for the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the financial performance of the United Nations Logistics Base for the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004;⁶

⁶A/59/681.

Budget estimates for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006

Approves the cost estimates for the United Nations Logistics Base amounting to 31,513,100 United States dollars for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006;

Financing of the budget estimates

Decides that the requirements for the United Nations Logistics Base for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 shall be financed as follows:

The unencumbered balance and other income in the total amount of 2,441,000 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2004 to be applied against the resources required for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006;

The balance of 29,072,100 dollars to be prorated among the budgets of the active peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006;

The net estimated staff assessment income of 2,351,700 dollars, comprising the amount of 2,233,100 dollars for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 and the increase of 118,600 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2004, to be set off against the balance referred to in subparagraph (b) above, to be prorated among the budgets of the individual active peacekeeping operations;

Also decides to consider at its sixtieth session the question of the financing of the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy.