A/HRC/4/49 page 8 the global and field levels. OHCHR is actively involved in the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), including through chairing the Task Force on Human Rights and Humanitarian Action, and participation in the work of the Cluster Working Group on Protection. 28. Through regular participation in various initiatives of IASC, OHCHR contributed to the development of a series of guidance materials, thus adding a human rights perspective to a number of documents, including The Guidance Note on Using the Cluster Approach to Strengthen Humanitarian Response, the Gender Handbook for Humanitarian Action, the IDP Handbook, and the Induction Training Package for Humanitarian Coordinators. In addition, a generic Human Rights-Based Approach to Programming checklist for humanitarian actors is being developed with OHCHR’s active engagement. 29. Together with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), UNHCR and OCHA, OHCHR is an active member of the inter-agency Protection Capacity project (ProCap) which manages a roster of senior experts and aims at enhancing the protection response in humanitarian crises. A number of Memoranda of Understanding between OHCHR and international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are being finalized to increase OHCHR’s own response capacity. In the meantime, at the field level, OHCHR staff are increasingly encouraged to work closely with humanitarian partners, including in the mainstreaming of human rights into humanitarian assistance in the aftermath of natural disasters. 30. Effective integration of human rights within the policies and operations of the United Nations system, particularly at the country level, is equally essential for deepening engagement and dialogue with countries on human rights challenges and ensuring a coherent response from the United Nations system. At the invitation of the Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on System-wide Coherence, I submitted my views and contributions on human rights mainstreaming for the consideration of the Panel, whose final report made a number of important recommendations regarding the need to further clarify the roles and responsibilities within the United Nations system for the promotion and protection of human rights. The Panel in particular called on my Office, as the “centre of excellence” on human rights, to provide dedicated support to the Resident Coordinators system and United Nations country teams. 31. My Office has already been placing priority emphasis on strengthening partnerships with the United Nations system, particularly at the country level, including through taking leadership in the inter-agency Action 2 programme to strengthen the capacity of United Nations country teams to assist the efforts of Member States in building effective national protection systems. The Action 2 global programme is in its full implementation phase, with 10 pilot United Nations country teams supported in 2006 and 27 additional country teams selected for support in 2007 among over 50 applications received. It is expected that some of these country teams will be supported by human rights advisers to be deployed by the Office in close cooperation with the Resident Coordinators. At this stage, OHCHR has international Human Rights Advisers in Pakistan, Sri Lanka and national programme officers working with country teams in Azerbaijan, Georgia and the Russian Federation. Steps have been undertaken to deploy Human Rights Advisers to Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Niger, Indonesia, Maldives, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Georgia, Moldova, Ecuador, Guyana, Costa Rica and Nicaragua in the course of 2007 (including with Action 2 funding).