A/RES/52/129 Page 4 by Member States directed to any of the aforementioned entities, and encourages the Electoral Assistance Division to strengthen its collaboration with those entities, including through an exchange of personnel when appropriate; 12. Notes with appreciation additional efforts being made to enhance cooperation with other international, governmental and non-governmental organizations in order to facilitate more comprehensive and need-specific responses to requests for electoral assistance, and expresses appreciation to those Member States, regional organizations and non-governmental organizations that have provided observers or technical experts in support of United Nations electoral assistance efforts; 13. Encourages the Secretary-General, through the Electoral Assistance Division, to respond to the evolving nature of requests for assistance and the growing need for specific types of medium-term expert assistance aimed at supporting and strengthening the existing capacity of the requesting Government, in particular through enhancing the capacity of national electoral institutions; 14. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Electoral Assistance Division with adequate human and financial resources to allow it to carry out its mandate and to continue to ensure that the Office of the High Commissioner is able to respond, within its mandate and in close coordination with the Electoral Assistance Division, to the increasing number of requests from Member States for advisory services; 15. Recommends that the Secretary-General consider ways to continue to improve coordination and to strengthen further the efforts of the Electoral Assistance Division, the Office of the High Commissioner and the United Nations system in general to respond to its increased and evolving responsibilities in the field of electoral assistance and democratization, as reflected in the present resolution, and to include his recommendations in this regard in his report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session; 16. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session on the implementation of the present resolution, in particular on the status of requests from Member States for electoral assistance and verification, and on his efforts to enhance the Organization’s support of the democratization process in Member States. 70th plenary meeting 12 December 1997