A/HRC/10/42 E/CN.6/2009/7 the Advancement of Women and the Office on Drugs and Crime, on good practices in legislation on violence against women. 6. The Division for the Advancement of Women and OHCHR collaborated to ensure the smooth transfer as of 1 January 2008 of responsibilities for servicing the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women from the Department of Economic and Social Affairs to OHCHR, in accordance with the decision of the Secretary-General. A staff member of the Division at the General Service level worked with OHCHR staff to support the Committee at its fortieth session, in Geneva. The Division established a link to the OHCHR website, referring users to that site for information pertaining to the fortieth and subsequent sessions of the Committee. 7. The Division for the Advancement of Women and OHCHR continued to support the work of human rights treaty bodies and implementation of the major international human rights instruments, including through exchange of information and dissemination of information about the human rights treaty system. The Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women and the Director of the Division for the Advancement of Women addressed the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on 30 June 2008 during the forty-first session, held in New York. The Division provided inputs to documentation prepared by OHCHR for the Committee, and in particular to reports on ways and means of expediting the work of the Committee (CEDAW/C/2008/II/4 and CEDAW/C/2008/III/4). 8. Both the Division for the Advancement of Women and OHCHR continued to update their databases and websites. The Division continued to provide information on its website about developments in the area of women’s human rights, and in particular enhanced its website in relation to violence against women. OHCHR enhanced accessibility to women’s rights information by redesigning a more userfriendly website. 9. OHCHR and the Division for the Advancement of Women, respectively, convened a number of meetings, including training seminars and other capacitybuilding activities, to support implementation of human rights treaties and follow-up to concluding observations and comments at the national level. The Division for the Advancement of Women continued to participate as a member of the Reference Group for the Action 2 global programme on strengthening United Nations support for the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide, convened by OHCHR. 10. The Division for the Advancement of Women continued its interaction with special procedures mandate holders. In particular, the Division maintained contact and exchanged information with the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, in the follow-up to the Secretary-General’s in-depth study on all forms of violence against women and General Assembly resolution 61/143 on the intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women. 11. Collaboration in support of intergovernmental bodies continued. In March 2008, the Chairperson of the Commission on the Status of Women delivered a statement to the Human Rights Council at its seventh session. In February 2008, the Chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women addressed the Commission on the Status of Women at its fifty-second session. The 08-64144 3