A/HRC/4/49 page 6 other specific human rights fact-finding missions. The role of the Unit has proved particularly valuable in the second half of 2006, when it supported a number of initiatives at the request of the Secretary-General, the Human Rights Council or peacekeeping missions. This included the setting up of a Commission of Inquiry to establish the facts and circumstances relevant to incidents which occurred in Dili on 28 and 29 April and on 23, 24 and 25 May 2006, and to events and issues which contributed to the crisis. During the conflict in Lebanon, the Unit also enabled the prompt deployment of a human rights officer to Beirut despite severe security constraints. The Unit is also contributing to strengthening in-house tools and other material related to investigations, commissions of inquiry, fact-finding missions, and establishment of field offices and field operations in general. The OHCHR Rapid Response Unit is likely to be increasingly solicited to assist different processes. 17. Field presences, which allow for more direct support to relevant authorities, the collection of first-hand knowledge, and a deeper understanding of human rights issues and developments, are also being strengthened. They also enable stronger relationships with all counterparts - including rights-holders. 18. OHCHR currently has seven regional entities which have been or will be strengthened. They cover Southern Africa from Pretoria; East Africa from Addis Ababa; Latin America and the Caribbean from Santiago; South-East Asia from Bangkok; the Middle East from Beirut; and the Pacific from Suva. Finally, OHCHR runs the Central Africa Centre for Human Rights and Democracy at Yaoundé. 19. In addition, OHCHR has been negotiating the establishment of four new Regional Offices as well as a human rights training and documentation centre, as envisaged in the 2006-2007 Strategic Management Plan. These will cover Central America, from Panama City; Central Asia from Bishkek; West Africa from Dakar, with an annex in Abuja; and North Africa from Cairo. Furthermore, as requested by the General Assembly in its resolution 60/153 of 16 December 2005, consultations with the Government of Qatar are ongoing to establish a human rights training and documentation centre for South-West Asia and the Arab region. A report was submitted to the General Assembly in September 2006 (A/61/348) outlining steps undertaken by OHCHR on this matter. Pursuant to the resolution, the Centre is mandated “to undertake training and documentation activities according to international standards and to support such efforts within the region by Governments, United Nations agencies and programmes, national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations”. 20. Most of these Regional Offices were expected to be functioning in the course of 2006 but significant delays have been faced due to the inherent complexity of such a process, including agreement on the Memorandum of Understanding with the host country, the selection of the seat of Regional Offices as well as, in some cases, staffing aspects. It is hoped that the majority of these offices will be set up before the end of 2007. 21. As for country offices, OHCHR currently has 12 Country Presences (Uganda, Angola, Togo, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Cambodia, Nepal, Palestine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia/Kosovo). The Togo Office was recently opened and a new office will be established in La Paz in the first quarter of 2007.