UN Security Council
2014

3. Encourages the continuing involvement of regional and subregional organizations in the peaceful settlement of disputes, including through conflict prevention, confidence-building and mediation efforts; 4. Welcomes and further encourages the ongoing efforts of the African Union and the subregional organizations to strengthen their peacekeeping capacity and to undertake peacekeeping operations on the continent, in accordance with Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations, and to coordinate, with the United Nations, through the Peace and Security Council, as well as ongoing efforts to develop a continental early warning system, response capacity su ch as the African Standby Force (ASF) and enhanced mediation capacity, including through the Panel of the Wise; 5. Welcomes in that regard the recent steps taken by the EAC to activate its standby arrangements and generate the required contribution in th e context of the ASF; 6. Underscores the need to strengthen the role of both United Nations and regional organizations’ headquarters in providing strategic guidance and support to the missions’ command and control structures to ensure that operations are managed effectively;