A/RES/56/292 peacekeeping expenses, in the event the Security Council does not approve the mandate to establish a peacekeeping operation that has been initiated under the commitment authority; 17. Regrets the delay in the liquidation of closed peacekeeping missions and the reimbursement of the respective shares to the Member States; 18. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure the expeditious liquidation of closed peacekeeping missions and the crediting of Member States following the liquidation of such missions and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its resumed fifty-seventh session; 19. Also requests the Secretary-General to report to it on an annual basis on the implementation of the strategic deployment stocks within the context of his report on the United Nations Logistics Base. 105th plenary meeting 27 June 2002 3