A/HRC/34/3 Kenya, Mexico, Paraguay, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Uruguay and the State of Palestine. Furthermore, in Mauritius, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia, the capacity of national actors to use indicators for reporting and follow-up to the recommendations of mechanisms was strengthened. 24. OHCHR supported the development of national human rights action plans on the basis of recommendations of the United Nations human rights mechanisms in the Dominican Republic, the Gambia and Georgia. In collaboration with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, OHCHR provided regional training to strengthen the human rights capacity of diplomats across the Middle East and South-West Asia. 6. Humanitarian funds 25. The United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery supported 25,000 victims through 42 projects in 34 countries. The United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture awarded grants totalling $7.1 million to support redress and rehabilitation for over 47,000 victims in more than 80 countries, in addition to emergency grants. Responding to the increasing number of children affected by torture who are in need of urgent assistance, the Fund convened an expert workshop on redress and rehabilitation for child victims of torture. 26. The Special Fund established by the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment awarded grants amounting to $240,000 to support torture prevention projects in seven States parties to the Optional Protocol. B. 1. Enhancing equality and countering discrimination Discrimination against migrants 27. In response to the large-scale movements of people during the reporting period as well as the heightened vulnerability of migrants to discrimination, exploitation and violence, OHCHR enhanced its focus on the rights of migrants and on countering xenophobia. It sought to integrate a human rights perspective into the global policy dialogue on migration, including in the context of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants. As Co-Chair of the Global Migration Group Working Group on Migration, Human Rights and Gender, OHCHR led a multi-stakeholder initiative to develop principles and guidelines, supported by practical guidance, on the human rights of migrants in vulnerable situations. 28. OHCHR assisted in the development of the TOGETHER campaign launched by the Secretary-General to confront xenophobia against refugees and other migrants. Furthermore, OHCHR contributed to regional strategies for the protection of migrants in the European Union, South-East Asia and the Pacific, including through visits by its staff to Bulgaria, France, Greece, Italy, Libya, Nauru, Papua New Guinea and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. 2. Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance 29. OHCHR provided support to the Durban follow-up mechanisms, in particular the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards and the Working Group of experts on people of African descent. On the fifteenth anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, the Human Rights Council held a panel discussion on the status of racial discrimination worldwide, which showed that racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related 6

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