United Nations A/RES/57/314 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)] 57/314. Management of contingent-owned equipment arrangements The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 49/233 A of 23 December 1994, 50/222 of 11 April 1996, 51/218 E of 17 June 1997, 54/19 A of 29 October 1999 and 54/19 B of 15 June 2000, 55/238 of 23 December 2000, paragraph 12 of resolution 55/271 of 14 June 2001, and resolutions 55/274 of 14 June 2001 and 56/241 of 24 December 2001, Recalling also its decision 55/452 of 23 December 2000 to convene the post-Phase V Working Group, Recalling further its resolution 55/274 of 14 June 2001, in which the SecretaryGeneral was requested to convene in 2004 an open-ended working group of experts, for a period of no less than ten working days, to hold a triennial review of reimbursement rates for contingent-owned equipment and self-sustainment, including medical services, Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General,1 on the processing of claims for equipment contributed and self-sustainment undertaken at peacekeeping missions, on the reform of the procedures for determining reimbursement to Member States for contingent-owned equipment and troop costs, and on the practical aspects of wet-lease, dry-lease and self-sustainment arrangements and the section of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions2 on the management of contingentowned equipment arrangements, 1. Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General;1 2. Also takes note of the observations and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the management of contingentowned equipment arrangements, as contained in paragraphs 60 to 76 of its report;2 3. Affirms the importance of conducting peacekeeping operations with the maximum of efficiency and effectiveness and the need to minimize delays in processing reimbursements to troop- and equipment-contributing countries; 4. Recognizes the fact that delay and uncertainty in reimbursements to troopcontributing countries of troop and contingent-owned equipment costs adversely affect the _______________ 1 2 02 56221 A/C.5/56/44, A/56/939 and A/57/397. A/57/772. Distr.: General 3 July 2003