REFUGEE CONVENTION 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 States Parties thereto shall be recognized and treated by Member States in the same way as if they had been issued to refugees pursuant to this Article. Article 7 Co-operation of the National Authorities with the Organization of African Unity In order to enable the Administrative Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity to make reports to the competent organs of the Organization 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 be, in force relating to refugees. Article 8 Cooperation 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 9 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 Organization of African Unity, at the request of any one of the Parties to the dispute. 6

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