A/HRC/39/20 4. Europe and Central Asia 24. During the period under review, the OHCHR regional offices for Europe and for Central Asia, the United Nations human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine, the human rights advisers for the South Caucasus, in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and in Serbia, the human rights officer working with the United Nations country team in the Republic of Moldova, the joint OHCHR-Russian Federation project and the Human Rights Office in the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, continued to provide advice and assistance for the establishment and/or strengthening of human rights institutions, in consultation with the OHCHR National Institutions, Regional Mechanisms and Civil Society Section. 25. In Kyrgyzstan, OHCHR and UNDP provided support to the Ombudsman to develop its capacity in preventing and countering violent extremism. 26. In September 2017, OHCHR, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Russian Federation and the city of Moscow jointly organized a round table on the promotion of diversity and a discrimination-free environment in cities that would host the International Federation of Association Football’s World Cup in 2018. In December 2017, OHCHR, the Commissioner for Human Rights and the Forum of Women of Moscow jointly organized a conference on domestic violence against women. 27. In Turkmenistan, OHCHR and UNDP facilitated a mission of the special envoy of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions to draft a road map for the development of an ombudsman institution compliant with the Paris Principles. 28. In Uzbekistan, OHCHR, UNDP, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the National Human Rights Centre of Uzbekistan organized a conference on international and regional practices in monitoring, protecting and promoting human rights in the context of reforms related to human rights, justice and gender equality. 5. Middle East and North Africa 29. During the period under review, the OHCHR regional office for the Middle East and for North Africa, the United Nations Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre for South-West Asia and the Arab Region, the OHCHR offices in Mauritania, Tunisia, Yemen and the State of Palestine, the human rights components of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq and the United Nations Support Mission in Libya continued to provide advice and assistance for the establishment and/or strengthening of national human rights institutions, in consultation with the OHCHR National Institutions, Regional Mechanisms and Civil Society Section. 30. Together with the UNDP office in Algeria, OHCHR discussed with the National Human Rights Council of Algeria the possibility of a technical cooperation programme aimed at strengthening the Council’s capacity in discharging its mandate. 31. In March 2018, in the framework of the OHCHR technical cooperation programme with the National Council for Human Rights of Egypt, OHCHR conducted a workshop on Sustainable Development Goals 4, 5 and 8 for the staff of the Council, representatives of various ministries, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, the National Council for Women, the National Council for Disability Affairs, and several nongovernmental organizations. 32. In October 2017, OHCHR conducted a workshop on the role of national human rights institutions in the implementation of recommendations from the universal periodic review for staff members of the national human rights institution of Oman as well as representatives of various ministries and civil society organizations. 33. OHCHR assisted the national human rights institution of Qatar in taking up cases with the international human rights mechanisms, e.g. the special rapporteurs. 34. In October and November 2017, OHCHR conducted a workshop on human rights indicators in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip for the staff of the Independent Commission for Human Rights of the State of Palestine, with a focus on indicators 16.10.1, 16.b.1 and 16.1.2 of the Sustainable Development Goals. OHCHR also provided technical assistance 6