Logistics Operations Section

c. Logistics Operations Section

Logistics Current Operations Unit

seven posts Logistics Operations Section

66. Logistics Current Operations Officer

72. Logistics Future Operations Officer

Joint Logistics Operations Centre (1 new post)

136. Seven additional posts are requested one P 4 (Chief, Future Operations Unit) and six P 3 (four Logistics Current Operations Officers, one Mission Headquarters Officer and one Logistics Future Operations Officer).

Department of Peace keeping Operations Field Administration and Logistics Division

The Secretariat s planning for future missions is now an integrated process combining both operational planning conducted by the Mission Planning Service and logistics planning by the Future Operations Unit of the Logistics and Communication Service, Field Administration and Logistics Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.

These soldiers are responsible for demining operations, surveillance of strategic points and military logistics.

From those and other internal observations, the Department of Peacekeeping Operations instituted the Air Safety Unit and the Air Operations Unit within the Transport Section of the Logistics and Communications Service, the Field Administration and Logistics Division.

The Field Administration and Logistics Division, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, is also responsible for such procurement planning on behalf of peacekeeping operations.

Travel by Department of Peacekeeping Operations Logistics personnel to assess inventory of Base

129. The Logistics Operations Section is responsible for planning and coordinating all multidisciplinary logistics support for all field missions supported by the Field Administration and Logistics Division, including future missions, current, expanding or downsizing missions and missions undergoing liquidation.

The Logistics Base should also explore the possibility of e training, especially between the Base and peacekeeping operations.

The Council has a permanent Standing Committee on Antarctic Logistics and Operations and various task oriented committees or working groups.

Field operations also present challenges in terms of establishing reliable and secure logistics, transportation and communication in three different situations.

a Exclusive of the amounts appropriated for the support account for peacekeeping operations and the United Nations Logistics Base.

a Exclusive of the amounts appropriated for the support account for peacekeeping operations and the United Nations Logistics Base.

Unbudgeted requirements in support of the United Nations Logistics Base. 18. Support account for peacekeeping operations

The Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes was established in 1988 to provide a forum to facilitate the exchange of views among directors and logistics managers of national Antarctic agencies, improve the effectiveness and the safety of operations in Antarctica and discuss international cooperation in operations and logistics.

77. Eight additional posts are requested one P 5 (Chief, Staff Operations), six P 4 (Information Officer, Operations Officer, Logistics Officer, Civilian Police Officer, Humanitarian Affairs Officer and Engineering Officer) and one P 3 (Operations Staff Officer).

The annex to the present note provides the breakdown of the resources approved for 15 peacekeeping operations, the support account for peacekeeping operations and the United Nations Logistics Base.

International trade requires simple trade formalities, procedures and operations, cooperative Customs administration apos s attitude, and efficient door to door logistics chains.

In late 1997, Logistics and Communications Service recommended an increase to 11 Professional level posts for air operations and aviation safety personnel.

Very recently, the Information Technology Services Division, the IMIS team and the Field Operations and Logistics Division successfully tested a new tool.

It will also provide responsible officers in the Field Administration and Logistics Division with more relevant and up to date information upon which to base management decisions and maintain global visibility over field mission logistics support operations.

It is important to note that the Logistics Base is intended to be operated as a field operating element of the Field Administration and Logistics Division and as a permanent facility that supports peacekeeping operations worldwide.

Paragraph 59 The Field Administration and Logistics Division is finalizing preparation of specifications for standardization of prefabricated buildings in peacekeeping operations

54. The Office of Planning and Support is responsible for the planning of potential peacekeeping operations and for providing the overall coordination of all administrative and logistics support activities for field missions, including staffing, finance, logistics and procurement.

Annex United Nations Logistics Base, Brindisi operations during the period from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997

87. The Field Administration and Logistics Division provides, within an evolving regulatory framework, administrative, financial, personnel, material and logistics support to the Organization s peacekeeping and other field operations from the planning stages, to their establishment and through their liquidation.

Proposed budgets for peacekeeping operations, the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy, and the support account for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006

The Logistics Base is mandated to help the Security Council achieve an overall objective, namely, to ensure effective and efficient peacekeeping operations.

(f) The logistics reference system will provide on line access to the Department of Peacekeeping Operations logistics reference and technical documents and will provide for the electronic dissemination of new and revised policies, procedures and guidelines. A portion of this system has already been developed and implemented within the Field Administration and Logistics Division.

Pro rated share of the financing of the United Nations Logistics Base, Brindisi 18. Support account for peacekeeping operations

DPKO however, considers that, when appropriate, a small UNMO cell located in the G1 (personnel), G3 (operations) and or G4 (logistics) groups at Force Headquarters should deal with UNMO related matters, such as operational employment and administration including logistics.

The Department of Peacekeeping Operations has deployed military, finance, logistics and police experts to the Assistance Cell in support of the AU Mission.

They have moved away from their traditional roles of working only in the logistics supporting areas to front line operations.

Plans to install a dedicated commercial line between the Logistics Base and the San Pancrazio site were cancelled, and there were no charges to the Logistics Base for use of the satellite transponder, as costs were borne by the peacekeeping operations.

Facilities and logistics

This placed enormous demands upon the Field Administration and Logistics Division s predecessor, the Field Operations Division, in terms of adequately managing the operations of those new missions, including the recruitment of suitably qualified and experienced United Nations staff to manage aviation operations in the field.

In addition, eight additional posts are requested for the Rapidly Deployable Mission Headquarters one P 5 (Chief of Staff Operations), six P 4 (Information Officer, Operations Officer, Logistics Officer, Civilian Police Officer, Humanitarian Affairs Officer and Engineering Officer) and one P 3 (Operations Staff Officer).

There was also a further 17 small non Department of Peacekeeping Operations field missions being supported by that Department s logistics system.