A/RES/59/266 5. Requests the Secretary-General to have recourse to the employment of retired former staff only if the operational requirements of the Organization cannot be met by existing staff; Stresses that the hiring of retired former staff should be on an exceptional 6. basis, and in this regard encourages the Secretary-General to fill vacant posts at senior and decision-making levels through the established staff selection process; Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its 7. sixty-first session on the use of retired former staff and to develop clear criteria for the selection of the retired former staff, in particular in the Professional category; XIII Study of availability of skills in local labour markets Having considered the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the availability in local labour markets of the skills for which international recruitment for General Service staff takes place, 11 1. Requests the Secretary-General to conduct a study on the availability of skills in local labour markets for which international recruitment for General Service staff takes place and, drawing on the findings, to reassess the determination made in 1975 that recruitment from outside the area of the duty station is necessary to staff the text-processing units, bearing in mind the need for the highest standards of quality relevant to the language function, and to report to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session; Decides to revert to its consideration of the issue and of the report of the 2. Office of Internal Oversight Services11 at its sixtieth session in the context of its consideration of the report requested in paragraph 1 above; XIV Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 1. Welcomes the report of the Joint Inspection Unit on its management review of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 12 and notes the observations of the Secretary-General on the report and the actions of the Office to implement the recommendations of the Joint Inspection Unit; 13 2. Emphasizes that recruitment in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights should be done in full consultation with and under the guidance of the Office of Human Resources Management, consistent with the provisions of the present resolution and other relevant legislative mandates; Notes that the Joint Inspection Unit will submit a follow-up report on this 3. issue to the General Assembly at its sixty-first session for consideration under relevant agenda items; _______________ 11 See A/59/388. See A/59/65-E/2004/48. 13 See A/59/65/Add.1-E/2004/48/Add.1. 12 11