United Nations A/RES/59/299 General Assembly Distr.: General 31 August 2005 Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 123 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 June 2005 [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/59/532/Add.1)] 59/299. 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 resolution 58/297 of 18 June 2004, Recalling further its resolution 56/292 of 27 June 2002 concerning the establishment of the strategic deployment stocks and its subsequent resolutions 57/315 of 18 June 2003 and 58/297 of 18 June 2004 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 and on the implementation of the strategic deployment stocks, including the functioning of the existing mechanisms and the award of contracts for procurement, 2 and the related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 3 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; 2. Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 4 and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation; 3. Notes the proposal of the Secretary-General to expand the Logistics Base, and requests the Secretary-General to include in the budget submission for _______________ 1 A/59/681 and A/59/691. A/59/701. 3 A/59/736 and Add.2. 4 A/59/736/Add.2. 2 04-49507