A/HRC/4/34 page 7 the Campaign to Combat Violence against Women of the Council of Europe, which took place on 27 November in Madrid, I delivered a keynote address on changing attitudes to combat violence against women. Later that month, I spoke at a public event on honour-related violence held in Amsterdam at the invitation of the Royal Tropical Institute. E. Communications with Governments and press releases 12. In the period from 1 January through 1 December 2006, I sent 78 communications bringing alleged human rights violations to the attention of Governments. Thirty-one of these communications were joint urgent appeals, 44 were joint letters of allegation and 3 were letters of allegation sent by my mandate alone. As of 1 December 2006, only 36 government replies to these communications had been received. A comprehensive analysis of these communications, including an indication of international trends emerging from these communications, can be found in addendum 1. 13. I also issued several press releases during the period under review to commemorate significant days. On the occasion of International Women’s Day, 8 March, I issued a joint statement with the Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing calling on the international community to ensure that women’s advances in decision-making are sustained and irreversible. In this context, we highlighted that in emergency response efforts following natural disasters women often find themselves not only disproportionately affected but often excluded from meaningful participation in emergency decision-making structures. As a result, the indiscriminate forces of nature typically have a disproportionately negative effect on women’s human rights.3 14. On the occasion of the International Day on the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants and I jointly called on States to ensure that women can migrate without having to fear violence.4 15. In a joint statement with other mandate holders for Human Rights Day, 10 December, I expressed my conviction that any successful effort to eradicate poverty must advocate for the full respect of all human rights and stressed that eliminating poverty will greatly contribute to efforts to protect and promote human rights and human dignity. In this context, we expressed particular concern about the heightened effects of poverty on women around the world. 3 Statement available at: http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/ F2D3BBEA68E45D4AC125712A005A7FDC?opendocument. 4 Statement available at: http://www.unog.ch/80256EDD006B9C2E/(httpNewsByYear_en)/ 5B561B840D2B5CB5C125723000627FE9?OpenDocument.