A/RES/52/216 Page 6 C. Appointments of limited duration Recalling section V of its resolution 51/216, in which it requested the Commission to continue its work on the issue of appointments of limited duration without delay, Endorses the principles and guidelines for the use of appointments of limited duration, and the decisions of the Commission as contained in paragraph 249 of its report;6 D. Standards of travel and per diem Recalling its decision 51/465 of 3 April 1997, in which it requested the Commission to review, at the earliest opportunity, taking into account the reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions9 and the Joint Inspection Unit,10 the question of travel entitlements of staff of the common system, Having considered paragraphs 250 to 276 of the report of the Commission,6 1. report;6 2. Takes note of the observations of the Commission as contained in paragraph 275 (a) of its Invites the Commission to continue its consideration of this question; E. Mission subsistence allowance Recalling section IV of its resolution 51/218 E of 17 June 1997, in which it requested the Commission to develop a proposal to provide a post allowance and separate maintenance allowance for those personnel who leave their families at their home duty station while they are on mission assignment, Notes the intention of the Commission to address this matter in 1998, and requests it to submit a report on the question to the General Assembly at its fifty-third session; F. Staff participation in the work of the Commission Recalling its resolution 51/216, 1. Recalls its request to the Coordinating Committee for International Staff Unions and Associations of the United Nations System and the Federation of International Civil Servants' Associations to resume their participation in the work of the Commission in a spirit of cooperation and non-confrontation; 2. Takes note with appreciation of the progress made in this regard through the establishment by the Commission of the Working Group on the Consultative Process and Working Arrangements, comprising members of the Commission and representatives of the organizations and staff bodies, which will meet in January 1998; 9 Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 7 (A/47/7 and Add.1-17), document A/47/7/Add.5; and A/49/952. 10 See A/50/692. /...