A/HRC/13/62 justice, and prevention of child labour. Despite the call by the General Assembly for a moratorium on the death penalty, almost all the recommendations related to the death penalty were not accepted by Afghan authorities. OHCHR/UNAMA will continue to support the Government in designing an action plan for the implementation of these recommendations. This includes efforts to raise awareness on the issue of the death penalty, in particular in the light of the deficiencies in due process and fair trial guarantees in Afghanistan. 62. In relation to the drafting of the country report for the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, OHCHR/UNAMA is providing technical support and assistance to the Steering Committee that will oversee the reporting process. This process is designed to assess the present situation of women and girls in Afghanistan and to point out the gaps and challenges in the protection and promotion of women’s rights, thereby enabling OHCHR to identify further areas of support in its work on women’s rights. B. Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission mentoring programme 63. To build further expertise in economic and social rights analysis, a core aspect of the work of the AIHRC, OHCHR undertook a mentoring programme with selected AIHRC staff based in Kabul. This technical assistance was aimed at broadening the substantive knowledge of AIHRC staff in the area of economic and social rights. In addition to its signature annual report on the implementation of economic and social rights in Afghanistan, the AIHRC submitted its first “shadow” report to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. C. Ministry of Justice 64. In early 2009, with the support of the Special Representative of the SecretaryGeneral, sufficient funds were committed by donors for the first year of operation of the Human Rights Support Unit in the Ministry of Justice, for which the United Nations Development Programme is the lead agency. Technical support in the conceptualization of the structure and programming of the Unit, as well as in all stages of the hiring process, was provided by OHCHR. The Human Rights Support Unit is designed to play a major role in facilitating a comprehensive understanding and mainstreaming of human rights across line ministries. D. Support for mainstreaming human rights in national policies 65. As both the ANDS and the Provincial Development Plans (PDPs), designed to support ANDS implementation, have been criticized for not focusing on human rights outcomes, OHCHR/UNAMA undertook various efforts to mainstream human rights in development planning. Important requirements that were identified included additional investment in strengthening the capabilities of subnational authorities to implement policies and programmes in accordance with the human rights-based approach (HRBA); and to advocate that government, civil society, the United Nations and donors share a common human rights framework as the basis for aid coordination. 66. OHCHR/UNAMA conducted three workshops on the HRBA to development in Dai Kundi, one of the poorest provinces in Afghanistan. Because of its low development status, Dai Kundi was recommended by UNCT as a priority for United Nations development assistance and as a pilot for a comprehensive United Nations approach, where capacity- GE.10-10230 15