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General Assembly at the second part of its resumed sixty-fifth session, on the
understanding that the model should not in any way derogate from the legislative
role of the Assembly in the consideration and approval of budgets;
12. Notes the intention of the Secretary-General that global service packages
will be configured and managed from the Global Service Centre at Brindisi and that
regional service centres could in turn develop region-specific service packages;
13. Recalls its resolution 64/266 of 21 May 2010 and paragraph 101 of the
report of the Advisory Committee,18 and requests the Secretary-General, in close
consultation with troop-contributing countries, to further develop predefined
modules and service packages to improve the quality and expedite the delivery of
services to field missions, including civilian response capabilities;
14. Recognizes that delivering modularized service packages at the United
Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi is aimed at enhancing the operational
effectiveness of field missions, and stresses the importance of proceeding in this
regard;
15. Requests the Secretary-General to further develop specific proposals in
consultation with Member States, in particular troop-contributing countries, on
functions and resources to be transferred to the Global Service Centre, in the context
of the budget of the United Nations Logistics Base, for the consideration of the
General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session, addressing the issues raised in
paragraphs 108 to 110 of the report of the Advisory Committee, without prejudice to
a decision of the Assembly at its sixty-fifth session;
16. Stresses that functions primarily involving interactions with Member
States, particularly troop-contributing countries, will continue to be located at
Headquarters;
17. Reaffirms its resolutions 60/121 A of 8 December 2005, 61/281 of
29 June 2007, 62/256 of 20 June 2008 and 63/291 of 30 June 2009, and decides to
establish a regional service centre at the logistics hub at Entebbe, Uganda, with the
functions proposed by the Secretary-General in his report;15
18. Recalls paragraphs 119 and 120 of the report of the Advisory Committee
and paragraph 79 of the report of the Secretary-General, and requests the SecretaryGeneral to ensure the attainment of these projected benefits and to further identify
subsequent annual benefits of the Regional Service Centre at Entebbe;
19. Notes that the concentration of missions in Central and Eastern Africa
provides an opportunity to optimize the use of air assets through, inter alia, the
establishment of a transportation and movements integrated control centre
responsible for the planning and movement of personnel and cargo, and requests the
Secretary-General to further develop and operationalize the concept in close
consultation with Member States, in particular troop-contributing countries;
20. Recalls paragraphs 55 and 142 of the report of the Advisory Committee,
and stresses that efforts to explore possibilities for economies and efficiencies in air
operations should not undermine safety and operational requirements and rotation
and troop deployment cycles;
21. Stresses the accountability and ultimate responsibility of Headquarters
for the acquisition of air services and the provision of safety standards, bearing in
mind current delegations of authority for procurement, without prejudice to any
future decision that the General Assembly may take on this issue;
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