A/RES/48/214 Page 3 Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the preliminary consideration of the implementation of the New Agenda, 4/ the report transmitted by the Secretary-General on the need for and feasibility of the establishment of a diversification fund for Africa’s commodities, 5/ and the report of the Secretary-General on financial resource flows to Africa, 6/ 1. Reaffirms the high priority attached, in the medium-term plan for the period 1992-1997, to Africa’s economic recovery and development, including the effective implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s as integrated in Programme 45; 1/ 2. Notes with appreciation the establishment of a panel of high-level personalities to advise and assist the Secretary-General on African development, in particular on the implementation of the New Agenda, and requests that this panel continue to meet regularly under the chairmanship of the Secretary-General and that its recommendations be made available to the Member States; 3. Commends African countries for the actions undertaken to promote an economic environment conducive to growth and development, in conformity with their commitments under the New Agenda, and calls upon them to pursue vigorously those responsibilities and commitments in order to achieve growth and development on a sustained and sustainable basis; 4. Urges all United Nations organs, organizations and programmes to integrate the priorities of the New Agenda in their mandates, to allocate sufficient resources for their operation and to improve further the use of available resources; 5. Recommends that, as part of capacity-building assistance, interested African countries be assisted in the monitoring of the impact of the work being undertaken in the context of the implementation of the New Agenda and in ensuring the participation of community-based groups, particularly women; 6. Renews its call upon the international community to pursue vigorously its responsibilities and commitments under the New Agenda in order to provide full and tangible support to the African efforts; 7. Recognizes the importance and high priority to be given to African regional and subregional cooperation and integration, and urges the United Nations system and its organizations to allocate sufficient technical and financial support to African regional economic groupings, including the African Economic Community, in order to contribute to their effectiveness in the process of African economic development; 8. Urges the multilateral financial institutions, recipient countries and donor countries, within the conceptual framework and design and ____________ 4/ A/48/334. 5/ A/48/335, annex, and Add.1 and 2. 6/ A/48/336 and Corr.1. /...