Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take measures to strengthen the capacity of the UN Secretariat and to implement its mandate with respect to meeting the special needs of Africa; stresses the urgent need for the UN and the African Union (UA) to develop close cooperation and concrete programmes aimed at addressing the problems posed by illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons and anti-personnel mines, within the framework of the relevant declarations and resolutions adopted by the two organizations; calls upon the UN system, the UA and the international community to intensify their cooperation in the global fight against terrorism through the implementation of the relevant international and regional treaties and protocols and, in particular, the African Union Plan of Action adopted in Algiers on 14 Sept. 2002, as well as their support for the operation of the African Centre for Studies and Research on Terrorism inaugurated in Algiers in Oct. 2004; calls upon the UN system to accelerate the implementation of the Plan of Action contained in the document entitled "A world fit for children", adopted on 10 May 2002 at the 27th special session of the General Assembly on children, and to provide assistance, as appropriate, to the UA and its member States in this regard, urges the UN system to increase its support for Africa in the implementation of the declaration of the extraordinary summit meeting of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity on HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and other related infectious diseases, held in Abuja in Apr. 2001, and the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS so as to arrest the spread of these diseases, inter alia, through sound capacity-building in human resources; requests the UN system to cooperate with the UA and its member States in the implementation of appropriate policies for the promotion of the culture of democracy, good governance, respect for human rights and the rule of law and the strengthening of democratic institution; urges the Secretary-General to encourage the UN system, within existing rules and regulations, to work towards ensuring the effective and equitable representation of African men and women at senior and policy levels at the respective headquarters of its organizations and in their regional fields of operation and calls upon the Secretary-General and the Chairperson of the UA Commission, working in collaboration, to review every 2 years the progress made in the cooperation between the two organizations, and requests the Secretary-General to include the results of the review in his next report.

Adopted without vote, 105th plenary meeting

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