United Nations Logistics Base

The overall mandate for the United Nations Logistics Base is to ensure efficient and effective peacekeeping. This includes some of the following activities:

* Storage, maintenance, receipt, inspection, issuance and rotation of vehicles, engineering materials and supplies and equipment needed to start and sustain peacekeeping missions;

* Maintenance of worldwide communication and information technology networks for peacekeeping missions and headquarters, including satellite links for provision of worldwide voice, video and data network, and disaster recovery capability;

* Refurbishment of vehicles, generators and air-conditioning units for inclusion in the United Nations reserve stocks and reissue to peacekeeping missions;

* Provision of ground support to aircraft movements through UNLB;

* Administration of training courses, seminars and pre-deployment briefings through the Center of Excellence Training Facility