A/HRC/7/34 page 4 7. Since the last report of the Secretary-General, the Office distributed more than 120,000 copies of human rights publications in addition to the 2,000 copies of each publication which are regularly distributed by the Distribution Section at the United Nations Office at Geneva through the mailing list established jointly by OHCHR and the Distribution Section. OHCHR also increased the number of publications, making most of them available on its website to enhance their dissemination. 1. Fact Sheets 8. OHCHR Fact Sheets provide information on a wide range of human rights subjects. By researching and focusing on an issue, a Fact Sheet helps readers understand human rights and related topics, and the international machinery that has been established to promote and protect them. 9. In 2007, Fact Sheet No. 24/Rev.1, The International Convention on Migrant Workers and its Committee, was issued in Arabic; No. 30, The United Nations Human Rights treaty system: An introduction to the core human rights treaties and the treaty bodies, was issued in Arabic and Spanish. 2. Training and educational material 10. The OHCHR training and educational material consists of handbooks and manuals intended to raise awareness of international human rights standards. It is directed at audiences that are able to influence the human rights situation in their countries. These publications also serve as practical tools for organizations that provide human rights education to professional groups (e.g. police, prison officials, judges, parliamentarians, human rights monitors, election monitors and social workers) and educational institutions. 11. In 2007, the following items of the Professional Training Series were published: No. 13, Human Rights - Handbook for Parliamentarians, was published in Arabic and Spanish, jointly with the Inter-Parliamentary Union; No. 14, From Exclusion to Equality: Realizing the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, was published in English, jointly with the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs. 12. The human rights education series consists of publications aimed at supporting general human rights education efforts. It includes information on the World Programme for Human Rights Education, a study on human rights education and human rights treaties, and a practical book to support human rights education in schools. In 2007, No. 4/Rev.1, ABC: Teaching Human Rights - Practical activities for primary and secondary schools, was issued in Chinese; No. 5, Plan of Action for the first phase of the World Programme for Human Rights Education, was published jointly with UNESCO, in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish. 3. Special-issue papers 13. Special issue papers explore selected subjects in greater depth. Several issue papers were published in 2007: International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights - 2006 Consolidated Version (published jointly with UNAIDS, in French); Frequently asked questions

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