A/RES/59/299 2006/07 detailed information on the financial and legal implications, as well as on the expected benefits that may arise from the expansion; 4. 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 5. relevant provisions of General Assembly resolution 59/296 of 22 June 2005; 6. 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 7. inventory management standard, especially in respect of peacekeeping operations involving high inventory value; Strategic deployment stocks 8. 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 9. 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; 10. 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; 11. 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; 12. 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 13. 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; 5 Budget estimates for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 14. 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; _______________ 5 2 A/59/681.