A/RES/59/266 and the specialized agencies for all staff levels in relation to mobility, and requests the Secretary-General to report thereon to the Assembly at its sixty-first session; 10. Invites host countries, as appropriate, to review their policies for granting work permits to spouses of United Nations staff; 11. Invites the Secretary-General to continue to explore ways of assisting spouses to find employment opportunities, in consultation with host Governments where necessary, including by taking measures to expedite the issuance of work permits; 12. Acknowledges that mobility needs to be supported through greater efforts to improve conditions of life and work at the various duty stations; IX Contractual arrangements Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on contractual arrangements, 10 and decides to revert to the issue at its sixtieth session in the context of its consideration of the report of the International Civil Service Commission on contractual arrangements with a view to taking a decision; X Use of appointments under the 100 and 300 series of the Staff Rules in the staffing of field missions 1. Decides to continue to suspend the application of the four-year maximum limit for appointments of limited duration under the 300 series of the Staff Rules in peacekeeping operations until 30 June 2005; Authorizes the Secretary-General, bearing in mind paragraph 1 above, to 2. reappoint under the 100 series of the Staff Rules those mission staff whose service under 300-series contracts has reached the four-year limit by 31 December 2004 or later, pending a decision by the General Assembly, provided that their functions have been reviewed and found necessary and their performance has been confirmed as fully satisfactory, and requests him to report thereon to the General Assembly at the second part of its resumed fifty-ninth session; Requests the Secretary-General to submit proposals for which functions 3. are relevant for reappointment under the 100 series for consideration and action by the General Assembly at the second part of its resumed fifty-ninth session; Also requests the Secretary-General to continue the practice of using 4. 300 series contracts as the primary instrument for the appointment of new mission staff, pending a decision by the General Assembly on the report requested above; Requests the International Civil Service Commission, as a matter of high 5. priority, to review the contractual instruments available for the employment of common system staff in the field, including the practice of conversion to the 100 series from other contractual arrangements, and requests the Commission to present an analysis to the General Assembly at its sixty-first session of the desirability and feasibility of harmonizing conditions of service in the field, _______________ 10 A/59/263/Add.1. 9