satisfaction the proposal for a steady improvement in relations between the Office of Citizen Protection and the MINUSTAH Human Rights Section. 6. The Council also welcomes the Haitian authorities’ plans to pass a series of laws on the status of women and reforms of the civil registry and land registry systems. 7. The Council encourages the international community to step up its activities in all these areas and in human rights training and education for the security forces. 8. The Council thanks the independent expert appointed by the Secretary- General to consider the human rights situation in Haiti for his report (A/HRC/4/3). It encourages the expert to continue his mission and report thereon to the Council at its eighth session. It encourages the Haitian authorities to continue to cooperate with the independent expert and put his recommendations into effect. -----