A/HRC/31/53 national goals, regulations and implementation by national development agencies. UNDP also has an important capacity-building programme for civil society organizations on environmental governance that supports their gaining access to information, participation and remedy. Other examples of national projects that incorporate a rights-based approach include its support of a constitutional commission on the rights of future generations in Tunisia, which may be the first of its kind in any country, and the development in China of an environmental justice programme with the Centre for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims. 29. The work of UNDP on governance provides a particularly useful platform for cooperation with partners at the local and national levels on issues of human rights and the environment. UNDP recently launched a programme on strengthening environmental governance in the extractive sector that includes country-level programmes in Colombia, Kenya, Mongolia and Tunisia. 30. UNDP will continue to play a key role in supporting capacity-building for civil society organizations and State institutions, including the judiciary, on environmental protection; working with local civil society organizations to develop national assessments on governance implementation; and setting up round-table discussions to explore links between local projects and international norms on human rights and environmental protection. Proposals by other interlocutors included conducting a “lessons learned” study of the work of UNDP in these related areas, so that its experiences can be more widely disseminated. United Nations Children’s Fund 31. The approach of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to environmental sustainability emphasizes the explicit recognition of children’s rights in the environmental context, given their vulnerabilities to climate and environmental impacts and their specific needs. UNICEF has developed many tools, including reports, technical briefings, and handbooks, to provide technical assistance to partners that are relevant to implementing children’s rights in relation to the environment. These tools cover a wide range of issues from water and sanitation to climate change education, sustainable energy and disaster risk reduction. 32. At the country level, UNICEF has worked with Governments to incorporate a child rights approach within national legislation. For example, the UNICEF office in Viet Nam worked closely with the Government on its 2014 environmental law, which includes a chapter on green growth and climate change, as well as principles related to the role of civil society, gender equality and respect for the best interest of children. With UNICEF support, the Ministry of Education also approved a curriculum for formal education that includes competencies on environmental education and climate change, promoting children as critical agents of change. In Zimbabwe, UNICEF supported the development of the Government’s National Climate Change Response Strategy, which provides a framework for climate change adaptation and mitigation. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights 33. In accordance with requests from the Human Rights Council (Council resolutions 6/20, 12/15, 18/14 and 24/19), OHCHR has convened five biennial meetings of the United Nations and regional human rights mechanisms to share information and enhance cooperation. The meetings can focus on specific themes. For example, in 2016, the theme will be civil society organizations and human rights defenders. For the meeting in 2018, OHCHR could suggest that the mechanisms consider examining the relationship of human rights and the environment. A similar opportunity might be provided by the annual meeting of the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and 7