A/RES/59/213 (b) Training of civilian and military personnel, including a staff exchange programme; (c) Regular and continued exchange and coordination of information, including between the early warning systems of the two organizations; (d) Peace support missions of the African Union in its various member States, in particular in the area of communication and other related logistical support; (e) Capacity-building for peacebuilding before and after the termination of hostilities on the continent; (f) Support for the Peace and Security Council in taking humanitarian action on the continent in accordance with the Protocol relating to the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council; (g) Establishment of the African standby force and the military staff committee; 9. Invites the Secretary-General to explore, in close consultation with the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, new means of cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union, especially taking into consideration the expanded mandate and the new organs of the African Union; 10. Urges the United Nations to encourage donor countries, in consultation with the African Union, to contribute to adequate funding, training and logistical support for African countries in their efforts to enhance their peacekeeping capabilities, with a view to enabling those countries to participate actively in peacekeeping operations within the framework of the Protocol relating to the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council and the framework of the United Nations; 11. Stresses the urgent need for the United Nations and the African Union to develop close cooperation and concrete programmes aimed at addressing the problems posed by the proliferation of small arms and light weapons and antipersonnel mines, within the framework of the relevant declarations and resolutions adopted by the two organizations; 12. Calls upon the United Nations system and the international community to continue to support the New Partnership for Africa’s Development7 and its Peer Review Mechanism as African-owned and led initiatives and programmes of the African Union; 13. Calls upon the United Nations system, the African Union 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 Plan of Action adopted in Algiers on 14 September 2002, as well as their support for the operation of the African Centre for Studies and Research on Terrorism, inaugurated in Algiers in October 2004; 14. Calls upon the United Nations system to intensify its efforts, in collaboration with the African Union, in combating illegal exploitation of natural resources, particularly in conflict areas, in accordance with relevant resolutions and decisions of the United Nations and the African Union; 15. Encourages the United Nations system to effectively support the efforts of the African Union in urging the international community to duly implement the 5

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