A/RES/59/296 XII Military component 1. Requests the Secretary-General to make every effort to reimburse Member States that have provided troops and equipment to United Nations peacekeeping operations in a timely manner; Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the deployment of 2. troops and contingent-owned equipment is well coordinated so that troops are not deployed without their equipment; XIII Regional investigators Having considered the note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the first year of experience of regional investigators in two hubs, Vienna and Nairobi, 22 Takes note of the findings and recommendations contained in the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the first year of experience of regional investigators in two hubs, Vienna and Nairobi, and emphasizes in particular the utilization of resident investigators to do investigations in the large peacekeeping missions and regional investigators to do investigations in the other missions and to provide support for complex cases in the large missions; XIV Sexual exploitation and abuse Recalling its resolution 59/300 of 22 June 2005, Reaffirming its resolutions 48/218 B of 29 July 1994, 54/244 of 23 December 1999, 59/272 of 23 December 2004 and 59/287 of 13 April 2005, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on special measures for protection from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse 23 and the report on the investigation by the Office of Internal Oversight Services into allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse in the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 24 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on special measures for protection from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse23 and the report on the investigation by the Office of Internal Oversight Services into allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse in the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo;24 2. Emphasizes the need for the development of a comprehensive, well-defined and coherent policy, taking into account also the relevant provisions of resolution 59/300, addressing, inter alia, the various managerial aspects of preventing and addressing allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse in all United Nations activities; _______________ 22 A/59/546. A/59/782. 24 A/59/661. 23 10