A/RES/59/296 the evaluation of training to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session in the context of his overview report; 3. Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the comprehensive training strategy includes the training needs of national staff for the purpose of capacity-building in the mission area; Further requests the Secretary-General to ensure that staff in all United 4. Nations peacekeeping operations have access to relevant training opportunities; 5. Requests the Secretary-General to make greater use of national staff; 6. Recalls section X, paragraph 7, of its resolution 59/266 of 23 December 2004, decides to establish an overall target of no more than 5 per cent of authorized General Service/Field Service posts across missions, with the exception of those missions in a start-up phase, and other exceptional circumstances, to be filled by staff on assignment from Headquarters, and requests the Secretary-General to report on the progress towards reaching this target; Affirms that locally recruited mission staff may be recruited as 7. international staff only through the normal recruitment process in which they compete for international posts in another mission along with other external candidates; Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the highest standards of 8. efficiency, competence and integrity serve as the paramount consideration in the employment of staff, with due regard for the principle of equitable geographical distribution, in accordance with Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations; Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to make every effort to fill 9. vacant posts in peacekeeping operations expeditiously; 10. Decides that generic vacancy announcements posted in Galaxy shall be accompanied by information on the location of current specific vacancies and that this would apply to all international vacancies in peacekeeping missions; 11. Notes with concern the observations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, in paragraphs 55 and 56 of its report,1 regarding the practice of hiring individual contractors or individuals on procurement contracts to perform functions of a continuing nature, and requests the Secretary-General to revert to the General Assembly for its consideration of the creation of a post if the function is ongoing and is so warranted; 12. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on criteria used for recruitment to support account posts,7 and requests the Secretary-General to update the information and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixtyfirst session for its consideration in the context of human resources management; 13. Recalls section X of its resolution 59/266; 14. Regrets that the report of the Secretary-General on the staffing of field missions, including the use of 300- and 100-series appointments,12 did not fully provide the information requested in section X, paragraphs 2 and 3, of resolution 59/266, and in this context reiterates its request to the Secretary-General in section X, paragraph 3, of its resolution 59/266; 7