A/HRC/9/4 page 3 6. OHCHR has continued to liaise with a wide range of actors, including Governments, civil society actors, United Nations entities and other intergovernmental organizations, through the provision of advice and information, participation in related events, distribution of OHCHR publications and expression of support through messages from the High Commissioner and the Deputy High Commissioner. 7. OHCHR has also continued to ensure the secretariat of the United Nations Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee on Human Rights Education in the School System, in accordance with the World Programme plan of action. The Committee is composed of 12 United Nations entities (the International Labour Organization, OHCHR, the Joint United Nations Programme for HIV/AIDS, the United Nations Development Group, the United Nations Development Programme, the Department of Public Information, the International Bureau of Education of UNESCO, the United Nations Population Fund, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and the World Bank) and aims to facilitate coordinated United Nations support for the national integration of human rights education in primary and secondary school systems.1 8. During the period under consideration, the United Nations Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee on Human Rights Education in the School System met four times: on 20 and 21 February 2007, in Geneva; on 1 June 2007, in Geneva; on 17 and 18 January 2008, in Paris; and on 13 June 2008, in Geneva. It undertook various initiatives to raise awareness on the plan of action and to promote inter-agency cooperation at the national level. 9. In December 2007, the High Commissioner addressed correspondence to all ministers of education on behalf of the Coordinating Committee, encouraging national implementation of the plan of action and requesting further information on national progress. As at 30 June 2008, OHCHR had received responses from 36 countries (see annex). Letters were also addressed to United Nations Resident Coordinators to solicit the support of United Nations country teams for the national implementation of the plan of action. 10. The Coordinating Committee organized events during the fourth and sixth sessions of the Council (on 21 and 22 March 2007, and 24 and 25 September 2007), to disseminate information about the plan of action and to share examples of related initiatives undertaken by national authorities with the support of the United Nations. On the occasion of the World Day against Child Labour on 12 June 2008, the Coordinating Committee released a joint statement encouraging Member States “to ensure education, and in particular human rights education, as a concrete response to child labour”. 1 More information is available at the address www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/education/ training/UN-inter-agency.htm.