A/HRC/7/38 page 12 the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations Mission in Liberia and UNIOSIL, and contributed to the ongoing process of analysis on the role of the United Nations Political Office for Somalia. 47. In 2007, my Office intensified its involvement with the work of the humanitarian community, particularly through the Geneva-based inter-agency humanitarian settings. In particular, OHCHR now chairs the newly established Reference Group on Human Rights and Humanitarian Action, which is expected to facilitate the integration of a human rights-based approach in humanitarian activities, include a human rights perspective to the advocacy initiatives of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee and increase the level of awareness and information-sharing about human rights initiatives with relevance to humanitarian action. OHCHR actively contributes to mainstreaming human rights in humanitarian programming, mainly through the Global Protection Cluster Working Group which it is co-leading, and the work on the steering committee of the protection capacity programme. OHCHR has also actively been involved in the work of the Global Protection Cluster and began providing support and information to human rights field presences as the roll-out of the cluster approach continued beyond the initial pilot phase. 48. The mainstreaming of human rights in the work of the United Nations system at the country level remains a priority for OHCHR. To that end, efforts continued to further strengthen cooperation with resident coordinators and United Nations country teams. In this context, as at December 2007, OHCHR had international human rights advisers in Ecuador, Georgia (covering Armenia and Azerbaijan), Guyana, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Somalia. Human rights advisers were deployed in Rwanda, Indonesia, Maldives and Papua New Guinea in the course of 2007 under Action 2 funds. A national adviser was appointed within the United Nations country teams in Skopje and Belgrade. 49. Closer interaction with regional organizations is of great importance, particularly when engaging with countries without an OHCHR presence. The Office extensively interacted with the regional mechanisms of the Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, aiming at strengthening cooperation in areas of mutual interest and activities. With similar objectives, interaction was enhanced with the Inter-American System, particularly with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. In Africa, OHCHR has continued its engagement with regional organizations, inter alia, by attending the session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the annual summit of Heads of African States. Moreover, in the framework of the 10-year capacity-building programme for the African Union, OHCHR organized a consultative meeting to identify priorities for African Union-United Nations cooperation in the field of human rights, justice and reconciliation for the period 2008-2009. OHCHR also supported activities of the Economic Commission for Africa, such as the first African Civil Society Forum on the Millennium Development Goals and the African Human Rights and Governance Report. In the Asia and Pacific region, OHCHR supported the fourteenth Annual Workshop on Regional Cooperation for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region in Bali, Indonesia, in July, and provided technical support in efforts to establish subregional human rights arrangements in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the South Pacific. OHCHR also stepped up interaction with the League of Arab States to explore future areas of cooperation.