A/HRC/18/26 40. In order to facilitate the adoption of the national law on indigenous peoples’ rights in the Congo, the OHCHR Central Africa Regional Office also joined the United Nations system and other partners on advocacy initiatives. The law was adopted on 30 December 2010 by Parliament and the Senate in Brazzaville shortly after the visit of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples. The law is the first of its kind in Africa and marks a significant step in the recognition and protection of the rights of marginalized indigenous peoples of the country, including such groups as the Baaka, Mbendjele, Mikaya, Luma, Gyeli, Twa and Babongo peoples. 41. Furthermore, the Regional Office conducted bilateral meetings with Cameroon, various diplomatic missions and the Ministry of External Relations in Cameroon to inform them of the establishment of the United Nations Indigenous Peoples Partnership in an effort to garner support and contributions for the Partnership as a tool to enhance technical cooperation and capacity-building. The Regional Office also indicated its willingness to contribute to the validation phase of a research study by the Ministry of External Relations on the definition of indigenous peoples in Cameroon with a view to prepare a draft law on the protection of indigenous peoples in Cameroon. 42. The Regional Office for Southern Africa hosted an indigenous fellow from Namibia for a period of four months. The fellow recently completed the annual OHCHR Indigenous Fellowship Programme in Geneva, and is part of the efforts made by OHCHR Headquarters to create national fellowship opportunities and provide “on-the-job” training in country offices. 43. OHCHR in Moscow has also supported the indigenous fellowship programme by hosting an indigenous fellow for three months. In addition, it has focused on capacitybuilding and enhancing knowledge of indigenous peoples who engage with United Nations human rights mechanisms. In 2010, as part of the OHCHR indigenous fellowship programme, the Office facilitated training sessions in Moscow and Geneva attended by eight representatives of indigenous communities, in collaboration with the Peoples’ Friendship University of the Russian Federation, United Nations agencies and nongovernmental organizations. The Office in the Russian Federation also facilitated the translation and printing of the Universal Declaration for Human Rights in the KomiPermian language. This concluded a series of translations of the Universal Declaration into 10 languages of indigenous communities. 44. In Latin America, OHCHR in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) provided capacitybuilding assistance to civil society organizations for their participation in the seventy-eighth session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, where they held a dialogue with Committee experts. This participation, together with the Government, allowed the Committee to attain a holistic understanding of the situation in the country. At the request of the Guaraní People’s Assembly, training sessions were organized for 100 Guaraní leaders on the topics of participation and the rights of indigenous women in Bolivia (Plurinational State of). The Office also supported meetings of the Guaraní people during the ninth and tenth sessions of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York. 45. A three-day training session was conducted in Cochabamba by OHCHR in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) for 30 indigenous communicators. The session was the first of three focused on international human rights instruments and values. In addition, participants initiated the production of brochures on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, translated into the languages spoken by their communities of origin. 46. OHCHR Colombia raised awareness about the content of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples through public speeches, technical meetings and workshops with indigenous peoples, civil society organizations and 10