United Nations A/RES/58/297 General Assembly Distr.: General 22 July 2004 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 134 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 June 2004 [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/58/582/Add.2)] 58/297. Financing of the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy The General Assembly, Recalling section XIV of its resolution 49/233 A of 23 December 1994, Recalling also its decision 50/500 of 17 September 1996 on the financing of the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy, and its subsequent resolutions and decisions thereon, the latest of which was decision 58/557 of 23 December 2003, Recalling further its resolution 56/292 of 27 June 2002 concerning the establishment of the strategic deployment stocks and its subsequent resolution 57/315 of 18 June 2003 on the status of the implementation of the strategic deployment stocks, Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General on the financing of the United Nations Logistics Base, 1 the status of the implementation of strategic deployment stocks, 2 progress in the implementation of the field assets control system 3 and the analysis of establishing a global procurement hub for all peacekeeping missions in Brindisi 4 and the related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 5 Reiterating the importance of establishing an accurate inventory of assets, 1. Notes with appreciation the facilities provided by the Government of Italy to the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi; _______________ 1 A/58/702, A/58/705 and A/58/706. A/58/707. 3 A/57/765. 4 A/58/762. 5 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 7 and corrigendum (A/58/7 and Corr.1), paras. II.36 and II.37; A/58/759; A/58/759/Add.9; and A/58/796. 2 03 51234