A/HRC/4/106 page 9 Human Rights Council home pages. This was the first time that such a webcast was transmitted from Geneva and positive feedback was reported from NGOs, including Amnesty International, the South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre, Pax Romana and Rights & Democracy. 34. The Press Service issued 311 press releases in English and 301 in French related to human rights issues during the reporting period, each averaging more than 10 per month. 35. The Radio Service covered human rights in its daily, weekly and monthly programmes in the six official languages, as well as in Portuguese, Swahili and other non-official languages. During the period under review, more than 800 programmes were produced about human rights in varying formats: news stories, features and interviews. Topics included the rights of women, people with disabilities, children, ethnic minority groups, indigenous peoples, the establishment of the Human Rights Council, and human rights issues specific to war-torn or politically unstable areas. 36. Television and video coverage of human rights issues included distribution of 270 news and feature stories through UNifeed, a new video distribution service established in 2005 which currently reaches nearly 700 broadcasters around the world via satellite. Prior to UNifeed’s existence, this material was produced and distributed by agencies, funds, peacekeeping missions and regional headquarters in various parts of the world, and was often not available to broadcasters on a same-day basis. UN in Action, a weekly video programme of 3-4 minutes in length on the work of the United Nations, featured human rights stories 24 times. World Chronicle, an interview programme with experts on a range of issues related to the United Nations, featured human rights stories 11 times during the period under review (this programme was terminated in March 2006). 37. During the intense negotiations leading up to the adoption by the General Assembly of the resolution establishing the Human Rights Council, the Department worked closely with the Office of the President of the General Assembly and OHCHR to conduct media outreach, including arranging interviews and background briefings with the President and United Nations officials for media at Headquarters. After the adoption, the Department worked to publicize the new body, producing materials that illustrated the important new features that distinguished it from its predecessor. Working closely with OHCHR, the Department assisted with the development of key messages and a communication strategy for the inaugural session of the Council, contributed to a press kit and deployed an additional Information Officer to Geneva to assist in proactive media outreach. 38. Realizing the importance of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as the first human rights treaty of the twenty-first century, with the potential to improve the lives of some 650 million people, the Department provided communication support and outreach in the lead-up to the adoption of the Convention by the General Assembly in December 2006. This included preparation of press materials and website text, organization of press briefings, including one held just after the adoption featuring the Chair of the negotiating committee and two representatives of the International Disability Caucus. The adoption received wide coverage by the world’s leading media.