A/HRC/4/105 Page 7 comprehensive picture of the objectives, activities and requirements of OHCHR. It is based on the Plan of Action released in May 2005 with the objective of closing a range of implementation gaps and thereby increasing the protection of people. To this end, the plan set forth five action points: greater country engagement; an enhanced leadership role for the High Commissioner; closer partnerships with civil society and with other United Nations agencies; greater synergy in the relationship between OHCHR and the other United Nations human rights bodies; and strengthened management and planning for OHCHR. 13. As a result, OHCHR has given increasing attention to the need to strengthen its engagement at the country level by, inter alia, following more closely the human rights situations in some countries or regions and enhancing its dialogue with all partners, in order to promote the implementation of human rights. 14. In addition to strengthening its capacity at headquarters, notably with the establishment of a rapid response unit which will assist in conducting assessments and fact-finding missions and starting up new operations, great emphasis was put on strengthening the presence of OHCHR in the field. For example, a regional office for Central America was recently opened in Panama and country offices have been established in Nepal, Guatemala and Uganda. 15. These developments are key to the realization of the fundamental goals of OHCHR – to protect human rights and empower all people to realize those rights. A stronger capacity on the ground is also translating into an increased monitoring and assistance capacity to respond to human rights situations that lead to mass exoduses, as well as the problems resulting therefrom. 16. OHCHR has intensified its involvement in inter-agency efforts to strengthen the inter-agency humanitarian response in emergencies. In this regard, OHCHR has further contributed to humanitarian coordinating mechanisms at both the global and country levels. At the field level, for example in Uganda, OHCHR actively shares with UNHCR the responsibility of chairing the Protection Cluster Working Group and coordinating the protection activities of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) country team; in Colombia, after the last IASC mission in 2006, OHCHR supported the strengthening of the inter-agency response in the area of protection by the establishment of a thematic working group; in Sri Lanka, a human rights advisor deployed by OHCHR assisted the United Nations country team (UNCT) by providing advice on rights-based approaches to the humanitarian response following the tsunami. 17. In the context of the IASC, OHCHR has contributed to the development of materials designed to guide humanitarian actors in responding to humanitarian needs in case of crises. In particular, OHCHR participated in the drafting of the Human Rights Guidance Note for Humanitarian Coordinators, the Gender Handbook for Humanitarian Action and is currently actively participating in the design of an IDP handbook. 18. OHCHR, in its mandated capacity to provide support to special procedures mandate holders, has continued to assist the Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights of internally displaced persons in carrying out his mandate.