5. Refugees who freely decide to return to their homeland, as a result of such assurances or on their own initiative, shall be given every possible assistance by the country of asylum, the country of origin, voluntary agencies and international and intergovernmental organisations, to facilitate their return. ARTICLE VI TRAVEL DOCUMENTS 1. Subject to Article III, Member States shall issue to refugees lawfully staying in their territories travel documents in accordance with the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the Schedule and Annex thereto, for the purpose of travel outside their territory, unless compelling reasons of national security or public order otherwise require. Member States may issue such a travel document to any other refugee in their territory. 2. Where an African country of second asylum accepts a refugee from a country of first asylum, the country of first asylum may be dispensed from issuing a document with a return clause. 3. Travel documents issued to refugees under previous international agreements by State Parties thereto shall be recognised and treated by Member States in the same way as if they had been issued to refugees pursuant to this Article. ARTICLE VII CO-OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL AUTHORITIES WITH THE ORGANISATION OF AFRICAN UNITY In order to enable the Administrative Secretary-General of the Organisation of African Unity to make reports to the competent organs of the Organisation of African Unity, Member States undertake to provide the Secretariat in the appropriate form with information and statistical data requested concerning: (a) the condition of refugees, (b) the implementation of this Convention, and (c) laws, regulations and decrees which are, or may hereafter in force relating to refugees. ARTICLE VIII CO-OPERATION WITH THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES 1. Member States shall co-operate with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 2. The Present Convention shall be the effective regional complement in Africa of the 1951 United Nations Convention on the Status of Refugees. ARTICLE IX SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES Any dispute between States signatories to this Convention relating to its interpretation or application, which cannot be settled by other means, shall be referred to the Commission for Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration of the Organisation of African Unity, at the request of any one of the Parties to the dispute. ARTICLE X SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION 1. This Convention is open for signature and accession by all Member States of the Organisation of African Unity and shall be ratified by signatory States in accordance with their respective constitutional processes. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Administrative Secretary-General of the Organisation of African Unity.