A/RES/64/269 2. Also recognizes the need for timely mission start-up and deployment and to improve the quality and effectiveness of service delivery to field missions; 3. Notes with interest the overall concept of the global field support strategy, which outlines a broad and useful framework for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery to field missions and the better use of resources, including through the provision of common services; Underlines the central role of Headquarters in strategic policymaking and 4. oversight of relevant rules, regulations and procedures while seeking efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of support to field missions; Emphasizes the importance of preserving unity of command in missions 5. at all levels as well as coherence in policy and strategy and clear command structures in the field, up to and including at Headquarters; Also emphasizes the need for the Secretary-General to closely consult 6. with Member States, in particular troop-contributing countries, in the implementation of the global field support strategy in the light of the decisions taken in the present resolution; Further emphasizes that the implementation of the global field support 7. strategy will improve the operational effectiveness of field missions; 8. Decides that, if a decision of the Security Council relating to the start-up phase or expansion phase of peacekeeping operations results in the need for expenditure, the Secretary-General is authorized, with the prior concurrence of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, to enter into commitments up to 100 million dollars from the available balance of the Peacekeeping Reserve Fund and that the cumulative total of outstanding commitment authority in respect of the start-up or expansion phase of peacekeeping operations should not exceed the total level of the Peacekeeping Reserve Fund at any one time, and accordingly decides to amend the Financial Regulations and Rules of the United Nations 19 by substituting the words “the balance of the Peacekeeping Reserve Fund, and not to exceed 100 million United States dollars” for the words “50 million United States dollars” in financial regulation 4.6 and by substituting the words “100 million dollars” for the words “50 million dollars” in financial regulation 4.8; 18F Also decides that, if a decision of the Security Council relating to the 9. start-up phase or expansion phase of peacekeeping operations results in the need for expenditure, the Secretary-General is authorized, with the prior concurrence of the Advisory Committee, to enter into commitments up to 50 million dollars of the available balance of the stores available from the Organization’s strategic deployment stocks and draw upon these, with the drawings from the stocks to be replenished when the initial appropriation is received; 10. Affirms the authority of the Fifth Committee to fully review the administrative structures, the staffing levels, including the number and level of posts established through the exercise of commitment authority, at the time of the presentation of the budget, with a view to making adjustments as necessary; 11. Requests the Secretary-General to submit proposals for a standardized funding model for the first year of peacekeeping operations for consideration by the _______________ 19 6 ST/SGB/2003/7.