It was recognised that the partnership with troop-contributing countries could be strengthened if Member States assumed their shared responsibility to provide staff, support and facilities to the United Nations.

Countries were urged to ensure that their troops were able to perform the mandates assigned to them and also that they had effective training and assistance from the Secretariat.

The capacity of the Secretariat to gather information and analysis needed to be strengthened so that it could give better advice to the security council and troop-contributing countries.

One possibility was to strengthen peacekeeping operations using the Military Staff Committee and informal mechanisms such as the "Group of Friends".

Within six months, the effectiveness of meetings with troop-contributing countries would be assessed with a view to possibly improving the system.