United Nations A/RES/56/292 General Assembly Fifty-sixth session Agenda item 133 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/56/989)] 56/292. The concept of strategic deployment stocks and its implementation The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the concept of strategic deployment stocks and its implementation1 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 2 1. Requests the Secretary-General to take fully into consideration the provisions of its resolution 55/247 of 12 April 2001 on procurement reform in the implementation of the present resolution; 2. Also requests the Secretary-General to report on an annual basis to the General Assembly on the award of contracts for procurement for the strategic deployment stocks to all Member States, in particular to developing, least developed and African countries and countries with economies in transition; 3. Endorses the concept and implementation of the strategic deployment stocks for one complex mission; 4. Also 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; 5. Approves 141,546,000 United States dollars for the strategic deployment stocks, taking into account the reserve at the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy, as at 30 April 2002 that meets the requirements of the strategic deployment stocks; 6. Decides, subject to the provisions contained in paragraph 7 below, to credit Member States with their respective share of the cash balance of 95,978,945 dollars from the United Nations Protection Force, the United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia, the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force and the United Nations Peace Forces headquarters and 45,567,055 dollars from the United Nations Mission in Haiti to fund the strategic deployment stocks; _______________ 1 2 01 49910 A/56/870. A/56/902. Distr.: General 18 July 2002