A/HRC/30/32 operations against the Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda, MONUSCO has heightened its alert networks in Sukola II areas of operation, namely North Kivu and South Kivu, to ensure that information and alerts on threats to civilians are properly channelled and addressed by the MONUSCO force and Congolese authorities. In the light of imminent heightened operations against the Forces de résistance patriotique en Ituri, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office has been engaging MONUSCO in a joint planning exercise to ascertain whether the plan incorporates appropriate protection concerns. 3. Human rights due diligence policy and the role of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office 63. In compliance with the human rights due diligence policy on United Nations support to non-United Nations security forces, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office continued to screen FARDC battalion commanders and Congolese national police agents for past human rights violations as a condition for any support provided by MONUSCO or the United Nations country team. During the reporting period, the Joint Office conducted 1,805 screenings for the provision of recommendations to MONUSCO leadership prior to the provision of Mission support to security forces. While this number comprises personnel who have been screened more than once, 906 distinct individuals have been screened. More than 85 per cent of the screened officers are FARDC while the remaining officers belong to the police. Information collected by the Joint Office through monitoring and investigation functions remained critical for the Mission’s ability to support joint operations. 64. In January 2015, on the eve of the launch of the planned FARDC-MONUSCO joint operation against the Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda in North Kivu, the appointment of two FARDC generals as commanders to key positions within the operation led MONUSCO to withdraw its support. This was due to records of gross human rights violations for which the commanders allegedly bore direct and command responsibility, as well as with a view to preventing human rights violations in the context of operations supported by MONUSCO. None of the FARDC units falling under their command received MONUSCO support. The Government then decided that Sukola II would be a unilateral operation. Those developments highlighted the need for improved communication between MONUSCO and the Government on the human rights due diligence policy. III. Cooperation with United Nations human rights mechanisms and national mechanisms to promote and protect human rights A. Action to implement universal periodic review recommendations 65. The United Nations Joint Human Rights Office has been working closely with the Government and civil society to support implementation of universal periodic review recommendations made to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in May 2014. On 23 and 24 December 2014, the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights met with various stakeholders to adopt an implementation plan for review recommendations. The Prime Minister is to submit the plan to all ministries concerned to start the implementation. 66. In November and December 2014, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office and the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights organized training workshops in the provincial capitals of South Kivu, Orientale, North Kivu and Katanga on the universal periodic review process and its final recommendations, including the role of each stakeholder in their implementation. Participants included the entités de liaison, provincial government officials, and representatives of FARDC, the Congolese national police, the 16