A/RES/53/91 Page 4 (b) Technical assistance and training of personnel, including a staff exchange programme; (c) Exchange and coordination of information between their respective early-warning systems; (d) Logistical support; (e) Mobilization of financial support; 8. Notes with appreciation the assistance provided by the United Nations and its agencies to African countries in the context of the democratization process, and urges the United Nations to encourage donor countries, in consultation with the Organization of African Unity, to provide adequate funding and training 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 United Nations; 9. Urges the United Nations to continue to support the Organization of African Unity in its efforts to manage the expansion of the democratic experience in Africa, in particular in the areas of education for democracy, election observation, human rights and freedom, including technical support to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights; 10. Calls upon all Member States and regional and international organizations, in particular those of the United Nations system, as well as non-governmental organizations, to provide appropriate assistance to refugees and displaced persons, as well as to the African countries of asylum, taking into account recent disquieting developments in this respect; 11. Stresses that the economic, technical and development assistance provided to Africa by the United Nations system must continue, and emphasizes the urgent need for those organizations to accord priority to Africa in this field; 12. 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 operations of the African Economic Community, its popularization and the strengthening of its institutional support; 13. Requests the agencies of the United Nations system working in Africa to include in their programmes at the national and regional levels activities that will enhance regional cooperation in their respective areas and to facilitate the realization of the objectives of the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community; 14. Calls upon the United Nations agencies to intensify the coordination of their regional programmes in Africa in order to create linkages among them and to ensure the harmonization of their programmes with those of the African regional and subregional economic organizations; 15. 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 1990s4, in particular regarding (a) economic reforms, including the effective mobilization and efficient utilization of domestic resources, (b) promotion of the private sector and foreign direct investment, (c) expansion of the democratic experience and the strengthening of civil society, (d) environment and development, /...