Cooperation between the UN and OAU

Invites the UN to continue to assist OAU in strengthening the institutional and operational capacity of its Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution in Africa, in particular in the following areas: (a) establishment of an early-warning system; (b) technical assistance and training of personnel, including a staff exchange programme; (c) exchange and coordination of information between their respective early-warning systems; (d) logistical support; (e) mobilization of financial support; requests the agencies of the UN system working in Africa to include in their programmes at the national and regional levels activities that will enhance regional cooperation in their respective areas and to facilitate the realization of the objectives of the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community; emphasizes the urgency of the need to adopt appropriate measures to ensure the effective implementation of the UN New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990's, in particular regarding (a) economic reforms, including the effective mobilization and efficient utilization of domestic resources, (b) promotion of the private sector and foreign direct investment, (c) expansion of the democratic experience and the strengthening of civil society, (d) environment and development, (e) resource flows, (f) solution of Africa's debt problem, (g) trade facilitation and market access, (h) diversification of African economies, (i) improvement of physical and institutional infrastructure and social and human resource development and (j) women in development.

Adopted without vote, 81st meeting

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Adopted at the 81st plenary meeting, 81 Dec. 1998.