16. 非洲国家组感到遗憾的是，行预咨委会很晚才对采购活动问题进行审议，希望秘书长关于这一专题的下一次报告将提供信息，除其他外介绍以下方面的情况：维持和平行动和特别政治任务东道国和次区域投标人的参加情况；采购授权；在发展中国家注册子公司的公司；可持续采购的概念；为确保使用外地特派团东道国官方语言发布投标而做出的努力；能力建设举措；促进发展中国家供应商机会平等。
16. The Group regretted the Committee’s late consideration of the issue of procurement activities and hoped that the next report of the Secretary-General on that topic would include information on, inter alia, the participation of bidders from countries and subregions that hosted peacekeeping operations and special political missions; delegation of procurement authority; companies with subsidiaries registered in developing countries; the concept of sustainable procurement; efforts to ensure that bids were published in the official languages of countries hosting field missions; capacity-building initiatives; and the promotion of equal opportunities for vendors from developing countries.