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rights treaties are now available in bilingual booklets, and accessible, along with other
materials, on the Office’s bilingual website - the only United Nations website in Khmer.
The Office also developed bilingual public information materials on its work, including its
annual report, a leaflet introducing the Office, and a newsletter to contribute to topical
human rights debates.
65.
In addition to training offered to partners in substantive areas of work, the Office
embarked on a new human rights education project with the Ministry of Education,
UNESCO and UNICEF to further integrate human rights education into school curricula at
primary and secondary levels. The first step in this process is a pilot human rights drawing
competition in two provinces for children in grades five and six that will involve the
production of government-approved human rights materials for primary schools. Human
rights education projects are also supported through the provision of grants for the
production and airing on national television of two human rights public service
announcements, the broadcasting of an interactive radio series on the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights, and a campaign on the rights of persons with disabilities. The Office
supported celebrations of Human Rights Day 2009 and produced bilingual public
information materials on the global anti-discrimination theme.
VIII.
Support to the Special Rapporteur
66.
The new Special Rapporteur, Mr. Subedi of Nepal, undertook three missions to
Cambodia (June 2009, January and June 2010). As in the case of his predecessors, the
Office helped organize and coordinate the visits of the Special Rapporteur and provided
him with administrative and logistical support. The Special Rapporteur reports separately to
the Human Rights Council.
IX.
Staffing and administration
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OHCHR maintains a head office in Phnom Penh and a regional branch in
Battambang. The Office has eight international staff positions, 24 national posts and one
international United Nations Volunteer. Its management structure consists of a
Representative, a Deputy Representative, four programme units, and an administrative unit.
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The regular budget of the United Nations covers the Office’s operational expenses,
including the salaries of 7 international and 20 national staff members. Voluntary
contributions to the United Nations Trust Fund for a Human Rights Education Programme
in Cambodia cover all other expenditures, including substantive programme activities and
the salaries of the other staff members. The Trust Fund is administered by the United
Nations Office at Geneva.
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