A/RES/52/177 Page 2 4. Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General, in accordance with its resolution 51/218 E, to present, as soon as possible and not later than April 1998, proposals for administrative resource reductions resulting from this new simplified system; 5. Also reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to present, in his next report, information on the cost of the new self-insurance system; 6. Requests the Secretary-General to settle the death and disability claims as soon as possible but not later than three months from the date of submission of a claim; 7. Also requests the Secretary-General to continue, in the new system, to take into account, when considering all mission-related death and disability claims, that such injury or death should be compensable, unless such injury or death was caused by the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the injured or deceased member of the contingent, and further requests the Secretary-General to include this notion in the aide-mémoire for troop-contributing countries. 76th plenary meeting 18 December 1997