A/HRC/16/44 2004), Nepal (2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009), Pakistan (2003, 2007, 2008, 2010), the Philippines (2008, 2010), the Russian Federation (2004), Singapore (2002, 2004), Sri Lanka (2008, 2010), the Syrian Arab Republic (2008, 2010), Thailand (2010), Tunisia (2002, 2004, 2008, 2010), Turkmenistan (2003, 2004), Uzbekistan (2001, 2004, 2007), the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (2007, 2008, 2010) and Zimbabwe (2002, 2004, 2008, 2010). The Special Rapporteur regrets that some of these requests are long-standing, and hopes that States will give due attention to all her requests in a timely manner. C. Cooperation with the United Nations system and intergovernmental organizations 8. The Special Rapporteur has continued to place particular emphasis on cooperation with all bodies of the United Nations and other regional intergovernmental human rights organizations. 9. In its resolution 13/22 dated 15 April 2010, the Human Rights Council took note of the second joint report (A/HRC/13/63) on technical assistance to the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the examination of the situation in the east of the country by the Special Rapporteur and six other thematic special procedures mandate holders. The Council invited the thematic special procedures mandate-holders to report to the Council during its sixteenth session on the developments in respect of that situation. 10. From 28 June to 2 July 2010, the Special Rapporteur attended the seventeenth annual meeting of the special procedures mandate–holders, held in Geneva. 11. On 21 October 2010, the Special Rapporteur presented her third report to the General Assembly (A/65/223). The report focused on the responsibility for human rights violations against defenders by non-State actors, including armed groups, private corporations, individuals and the media. The report further analysed the types of violations that they commit and argued that the State has a duty to protect human rights defenders from violations committed by non-State actors in specific situations. 12. On 8-9 December 2010, a staff member of OHCHR participated in the intermechanisms meeting, which was also attended by representatives of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the Council of Europe and the European Commission. The event took place in Warsaw and was hosted by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). D. Invitations by Governments 13. On 4 February 2010, the Special Rapporteur attended a working session in the Spanish Congress on Parliamentary Mechanisms to protect human rights defenders. 14. From 17 to 19 November 2010, the Special Rapporteur was invited by the Special Secretariat for Human Rights of the Presidency of the Republic of Brazil to the International Seminar on the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, which took place in Brasilia. The event was attended by the Minister of the Secretariat for Human Rights, members of the Human Rights Commission of the Senate and the House of Representatives, international NGOs and members of civil society to exchange views and experiences on protection of human rights defenders. 4