A/HRC/13/61 strategies, which were presented to the OHCHR senior management team for review and recommendation to the High Commissioner for Human Rights for approval. 13. The six thematic priorities approved were as follows: “Protecting human rights in the context of migration”; “Countering discrimination, in particular racial discrimination, discrimination on the grounds of sex, religion and against others who are marginalized”; “Pursuing economic, social and cultural rights and combating inequalities and poverty, including in the context of the economic, food and climate crises”; “Protecting human rights in situations of armed conflict, violence and insecurity”; “Combating impunity and strengthening accountability, the rule of law and democratic society”; and “Strengthening human rights mechanisms and the progressive development of international human rights law”. 14. Noting the complex and challenging nature of the development of the priorities and recognizing their rich potential to improve the Office’s activities in the field of technical cooperation, the Board pointed out that OHCHR needs to keep in mind its portfolio and the budget on which it can rely. The importance of partnerships for OHCHR in the field, i.e., within the United Nations system, was underlined, enabling the field presences to accomplish activities with limited financial resources. 15. The Board was also informed of the 11 Office-wide expected accomplishments for the 2010–2011 biennium,2 which place emphasis on ensuring management efficiency in the operations of the Office, in line with the recommendations of the Office of Internal Oversight Services report to the General Assembly.3 The Board further received a presentation on the detailed process that OHCHR undertook to develop the six thematic priorities at the country, regional and global levels, and noted the complex and challenging nature of the process and recognized its rich potential to improve the Office’s activities in the field of technical cooperation. 16. The Board was briefed on the thematic strategy on “Protecting human rights in the context of migration” and noted that the challenge posed by the theme would be how to take into consideration the human rights dimension in migration and the different roles played by both developed and developing countries. The Board highlighted the OHCHR comparative advantage and the High Commissioner’s advocacy role, i.e., in dealing directly with human rights issues in migration vis-à-vis other organizations working in the field of migration. 17. The Board was informed about the thematic strategy on “Countering discrimination, in particular racial discrimination, discrimination on the grounds of sex, religion and against others who are marginalized” which provides a global orientation to the Office’s work and thus permits the participation of all field presences. The recommended categories of persons to be included in the definition of marginalized groups were outlined, as were the development of expected results and indicators of achievement. The Board noted the challenge in implementing the strategy, underlining the importance of including all stakeholders — particularly the private sector — in legislation reforms. 18. The Board was briefed on key elements in the process of formulating the thematic strategy on “Pursuing economic, social and cultural rights and combating inequalities and poverty, including in the context of the economic, food and climate crises”, including the challenge of articulating the strategy so that it encompasses not only those human rights 2 3 GE.10-10528 The 11 expected accomplishments were defined by small task forces with guidance provided by the Policy, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Section of OHCHR during a workshop held on 15 July 2009. A/64/203. 5