A/RES/57/315 United Nations Distr.: General 3 July 2003 General Assembly Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 126 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/57/656/Add.1)] 57/315. Status of the implementation of the strategic deployment stocks The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 56/292 of 27 June 2002 concerning the establishment of the strategic deployment stocks, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the status of the implementation of the strategic deployment stocks1 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;1 2. Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2 and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation, subject to the provisions of the present resolution; 3. Decides to extend the validity period in respect of the resources approved in its resolution 56/292 to 30 June 2004; 4. Recalls paragraph 2 of its resolution 56/292, and requests the SecretaryGeneral to include the procurement statistics in future reports; 5. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to submit to it separate reports on the implementation of the strategic deployment stocks and on the budget and performance of the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy, at its fifty-eighth session. 90th plenary meeting 18 June 2003 _______________ 1 2 02 56227 A/57/751. A/57/772/Add.9, paras. 28–35.