United Nations A/RES/59/298 General Assembly Distr.: General 31 August 2005 Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 123 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 June 2005 [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/59/532/Add.1)] 59/298. Reformed procedures for determining reimbursement to Member States for contingent-owned equipment The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 55/274 of 14 June 2001, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the reformed procedures for determining reimbursement to Member States for contingent-owned equipment, 1 the letter dated 12 March 2004 from the Chairman of the 2004 Working Group on Contingent-Owned Equipment to the Chairman of the Fifth Committee 2 and the related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 3 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the reformed procedures for determining reimbursement to Member States for contingent-owned equipment,1 the letter dated 12 March 2004 from the Chairman of the 2004 Working Group on Contingent-Owned Equipment to the Chairman of the Fifth Committee2 and the related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;3 2. Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, subject to the provisions of the present resolution; Regrets that the 2004 Working Group on Contingent-Owned Equipment 3. was unable to reach consensus on, inter alia, a review of the rates of reimbursement for contingent-owned equipment and self-sustainment; Decides to approve the proposal of the Secretary-General that the next 4. Working Group on Contingent-Owned Equipment, which will meet in 2008, carry out a comprehensive review of the contingent-owned equipment system, as per the formats established by the Phase V Working Group, for a period of not less than fourteen working days; _______________ 1 A/59/292. A/C.5/58/37 and Corr.1. 3 A/59/708 and A/59/736. 2 04-49501