A/RES/61/96 4. Notes with satisfaction that the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda are pursuing their efforts to strengthen their bilateral relations; 5. Strongly appeals to the international community to provide all necessary support for the smooth functioning of the electoral process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Appeals to the international community to support the efforts undertaken 6. by the States concerned to implement disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes; Reaffirms its support for the programme of work of the Standing 7. Advisory Committee adopted at the organizational meeting of the Committee, held at Yaoundé from 27 to 31 July 1992; Notes with satisfaction the progress made by the Standing Advisory 8. Committee in implementing its programme of work for the period 2005–2006;6 9. Emphasizes the importance of providing the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee with the essential support they need to carry out the full programme of activities which they adopted at their ministerial meetings; 10. Welcomes the creation of a mechanism for the promotion, maintenance and consolidation of peace and security in Central Africa, known as the Council for Peace and Security in Central Africa, by the Conference of Heads of State and Government of the countries members of the Economic Community of Central African States, held at Yaoundé on 25 February 1999, and requests the SecretaryGeneral to give his full support to the effective realization of that important mechanism; 11. Emphasizes the need to make the early warning mechanism in Central Africa operational so that it will serve, on the one hand, as an instrument for analysing and monitoring political situations in the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee with a view to preventing the outbreak of future armed conflicts and, on the other hand, as a technical body through which the member States will carry out the programme of work of the Committee, adopted at its organizational meeting held at Yaoundé in 1992, and requests the Secretary-General to provide it with the assistance necessary for it to function properly; 12. Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue to provide their full assistance for the proper functioning of the Subregional Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa; 13. Requests the Secretary-General, pursuant to Security Council resolution 1197 (1998), to provide the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee with the necessary support for the implementation and smooth functioning of the Council for Peace and Security in Central Africa; 14. Also requests the Secretary-General to support the establishment of a network of parliamentarians with a view to the creation of a subregional parliament in Central Africa; 15. Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to continue to provide increased assistance to the countries of Central Africa for coping with the problems of refugees and displaced persons in their territories; 3