A/RES/59/266 VIII Mobility 1. Reaffirms section V of its resolution 55/258, as well as the segment on mobility contained in section II of its resolution 57/305, and notes its previous requests to the Secretary-General in this regard; Stresses, in this regard, that when implementing mobility policies, the 2. Secretary-General should ensure that: (a) Mobility does not negatively affect the continuity and the quality of services and the institutional memory and capacity of the Organization; (b) Mobility does not lead to the transfer or abolition of posts as a result of vacancies; (c) Mobility has a positive impact in filling existing high vacancy rates at some United Nations duty stations and regional commissions; (d) There is a clear differentiation between mobility within duty stations and mobility across duty stations and that the latter is a more important factor in career development; (e) Mobility is encouraged for all posts in the Professional and higher categories; 3. Notes that the implementation of mobility policies, while recognizing their anticipated positive effects, may also give rise to problems and challenges that should be addressed; Requests the Secretary-General to take the steps necessary to ensure that 4. mobility is not used as an instrument of coercion against staff and to ensure that appropriate monitoring and accountability measures are in place; Notes the measures to facilitate the implementation of mobility policies 5. set out in paragraph 85 of the report of the Secretary-General,5 and requests the Secretary-General to develop a strategic plan with indicators, benchmarks, time lines and clear criteria for the implementation of mobility policies and to report thereon, including with information on the financial implications, to the General Assembly at its sixty-first session for its consideration and action in order to solve any problems; Requests the Secretary-General to continue to consult with staff in the 6. development of mobility policies; 7. Requests the International Civil Service Commission, within its mandate, to keep under review the question of mobility in the United Nations common system, including its implications for career development, and to make recommendations to the General Assembly, as appropriate, in the context of its annual reports; Requests the Secretary-General to consider the use of incentives with a 8. view to encouraging staff to move to duty stations with chronically high vacancy rates; Reiterates section II, paragraph 51, of its resolution 57/305, in which the 9. General Assembly encouraged the Secretary-General to expedite, as appropriate, agreements between the Secretariat and the United Nations funds and programmes 8