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11.
Urges all Member States and regional and international
organizations, in particular those of the United Nations system, as well as
non-governmental organizations, to provide the necessary and appropriate
economic, financial and technical assistance to refugees and displaced
persons, as well as to African countries of asylum, taking into account recent
disquieting developments in this respect;
12.
Commends the continued efforts of the Organization of African
Unity to promote multilateral cooperation and economic integration among
African States, and requests United Nations agencies to continue to support
those efforts;
13.
Stresses that the economic, technical and development assistance
provided to Africa by the organizations of the United Nations system must
continue, and emphasizes the current need for those organizations to accord
priority to Africa in this field;
14.
Urges the Secretary-General, Member States, regional and
international organizations, in particular those of the United Nations system,
and non-governmental organizations to extend their support to the operation of
the African Economic Community and to assist in economic integration and
cooperation in Africa;
15.
Requests the Secretary-General to support the efforts of the
Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity with a view to holding
sectoral meetings on the priority areas of cooperation, and in particular to
support those meetings organized by the Economic and Social Council of the
African Economic Community;
16.
Requests the agencies of the United Nations system working in
Africa to include in their programmes at the national and regional levels the
activities which will enhance regional cooperation in their respective areas
and to facilitate the realization of the objectives of the Treaty establishing
the African Economic Community;
17.
Calls upon United Nations agencies to intensify the coordination
of their regional programmes in Africa in order to create interlinkages among
them and to ensure the harmonization of their programmes with those of the
African regional and subregional economic organizations;
18.
Emphasizes the urgency of the need to adopt appropriate measures
to ensure the effective implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for
the Development of Africa in the 1990s, 6/ in particular in the areas of
resource flows, debt relief and diversification of African economies;
19.
Recalls the report prepared by the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations and transmitted by the Secretary-General on
the need for and feasibility of the establishment of a diversification fund
for Africa’s commodities; 7/
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6/
Resolution 46/151, annex, sect. II.
7/
A/48/335 and Add.1 and 2.
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