A/HRC/4/49 page 10 this crucial, but often neglected, correlation, I dedicated the theme of this year’s Human Rights Day to the fight against poverty. Commemorations and various events organized by OHCHR field offices, United Nations partners and NGOs around the world contributed to raising greater awareness of the human rights dimension of poverty, and of the responsibilities of all Governments - both developed and developing - as well as to the human rights and development communities, to work more effectively towards the realization of the right to development. A milestone in this regard has been the issuance of “Principles and guidelines on a human rights-based approach to poverty reduction strategies” in 2006, in response to a request by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. 36. Building upon these efforts and achievements, my Office is working actively with development partners at the international and national level to explore how human rights, including the right to development, can support Member States’ efforts to achieve inclusive development processes and equitable and sustainable poverty reduction outcomes. My Office has also been actively engaging in discussions with the World Bank to further institutional collaboration and partnership, among other multilateral and bilateral donor agencies. 37. As for the Working Group on the Right to Development and its high-level task force on the implementation of the right to development, the third meeting of the task force convened in Geneva from 22 to 26 January 2007, with a view to further elaborating a strategy for operationalizing and progressively developing the criteria for the consideration of the Working Group. We continue to ensure the highest standard of support to their work. B. Rule of law and democracy 38. OHCHR continues to be involved in issues relating to the various aspects of human rights law as it relates to the administration of justice, including military tribunals; the accountability of international personnel taking part in peace support operations; women and children in prison; and the right to a remedy for violations of human rights. 39. In his report to the Security Council (A/61/636-S/2006/980 and Corr.1) of 14 December 2006, the Secretary-General stressed the centrality of rule of law to the work of the Organization as a whole and designated OHCHR as the lead entity within the system on transitional justice issues. In 2006, OHCHR published five rule-of-law tools for post-conflict States: Mapping the Justice Sector, Prosecution Initiatives, Truth Commissions, Vetting and Monitoring Legal Systems. The second series of tools, including on reparations programmes and the legacy of hybrid tribunals are expected to be published in 2007. These tools provide practical guidance to field missions and transitional administrations in critical transitional justice and rule of law-related areas. 40. My Office also embarked on a joint project to prepare the rule of law index with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the Office of Legal Affairs and the World Bank. The project aims at developing an instrument which will allow for the empirical and objective assessment of a cross-section of factors important for the rule of law, particularly in conflict and post-conflict societies. The outcome instrument will then be used by the United Nations.