A/RES/59/296 15. 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 2006; 16. Authorizes the Secretary-General, bearing in mind paragraph 15 above, to 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 30 June 2006, provided that their functions have been reviewed and found necessary and their performance has been confirmed as fully satisfactory, and requests the Secretary-General to report thereon to the General Assembly at the second part of its resumed sixtieth session; 17. Notes the fact that 278 of 346 eligible staff were judged to have performed “fully satisfactorily”, and requests the Secretary-General to apply rigorously the criteria set out in its resolution 59/266; 18. Requests the Secretary-General to continue the practice of using 300-series contracts as the primary instrument for the appointment of new mission staff; IX Conditions of service 1. Recalls section X, paragraphs 5 and 6, of its resolution 59/266, in which the General Assembly requested the International Civil Service Commission and the Secretary-General to review conditions of service in the field and to report to the Assembly at its sixty-first session; Decides to limit conversion of General Service posts to the Field Service 2. category pending receipt of that review; 3. Also decides that the review of the field service is the appropriate mechanism for possible recognition of hardship, if warranted; X Mission subsistence allowance Recalling its resolution 58/258 of 23 December 2003, Having considered the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the audit of mission subsistence allowance policies and procedures 16 and the note by the Secretary-General transmitting his comments thereon, 17 1. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the Office of Internal Oversight Services continues to audit the mission subsistence allowance rates to ensure their reasonableness in comparison with the actual subsistence costs in the various mission areas and with the daily subsistence allowance set by the International Civil Service Commission in the same areas; Decides to revert to the question of mission subsistence allowance rates 2. and the recommendations of the Office of Internal Oversight Services in the context _______________ 16 17 8 A/59/698. A/59/698/Add.1.