A/HRC/25/22 review of their report, and held 12 follow-up meetings with States on their concluding observations. 67. At its 54th session, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women adopted a revised follow-up methodology (A/68/38, annex III). 68. In addition to supporting the individual committees and the annual meeting of the chairpersons of the human rights treaty bodies, OHCHR continuously promotes the harmonization of the work of the treaty bodies and the secretariats supporting them. In 2013, OHCHR continued its online survey to solicit feedback from treaty body members on the support received from the Office in relation to all treaty body activities. As of the third quarter of 2013, the Office was using a similar online survey to gather feedback from human rights officers supporting the treaty bodies with a view to generating statistical data to be used to assess and enhance synergies in OHCHR to support the work of the mechanisms. OHCHR also organized weekly internal meetings with the secretaries of all the treaty bodies in order to stimulate sharing of good practices, coordinate activities, and optimize the support provided to the treaty bodies. 69. Treaty body-relevant expertise is further shared across the divisions of OHCHR to ensure the integration of a treaty body perspective across the organization, including in the context of country visits by the High Commissioner, with the aim of enhancing follow-up to the concluding observations of the treaty bodies. The participation of field presences in the treaty bodies’ State party review processes has been further strengthened through the submission of written inputs and active participation via videoconference or physical representation during the meetings whenever possible, taking into account financial constraints. 70. OHCHR continued to make the Universal Human Rights Index (UHRI) available as a comprehensive, up-to-date tool for searching treaty body output; it compiles recommendations from treaty bodies, special procedures and the universal periodic review (UPR) and is continuously updated. The UHRI can be accessed through the OHCHR website (www.ohchr.org). 71. Moreover, OHCHR enhanced the functionality of the treaty body database and gradually integrated it into the OHCHR website with the goal of allowing for better information sharing with, and participation of, all stakeholders. OHCHR also continued to develop online systems to facilitate the management of civil society participation in the sessions of some committees. 72. OHCHR further continued to ensure that the outputs of the treaty bodies were duly reflected in the documentation for the UPR, more specifically in the compilations prepared by OHCHR. 73. In 2013, OHCHR disseminated 50 weekly updates and three quarterly newsletters of the Human Rights Treaties Division to civil society and other stakeholders. The quarterly newsletters are shared with Member States, United Nations partners, NHRIs and civil society organizations, and the weekly updates keep online subscribers around the world abreast of the work of the treaty bodies. A weekly broadcast is also circulated to all 172 treaty body experts and provides more detailed information on the treaty body sessions, the work of the Human Rights Treaties Division and issues of relevance to the work of the treaty bodies, so that each committee is aware of the work of the other nine committees. 74. Through Facebook and Twitter, as well other social media platforms, OHCHR has sought to increase the visibility of the treaty bodies, creating greater awareness of their findings, and increasing the number of stakeholders. On Facebook, a short summary of the discussion of each State party’s report is posted with a link to the relevant page on the 14

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